MILES, WYMOND
EARTH HAS DOORS EP (SACRED BONES)
Four years ago Wymond Miles, guitar player and chief songwriter in San Francisco's THE FRESH & ONLYS, began writing solo material thematically based on the concepts of eschatology, anthroposophy, and Gnostic and Hermetic symbolism.
Drawing from a vast musical pool of inspiration, including Scott Walker, Robert Wyatt, Arvo Part, and Nikki Sudden amongst others, "Earth Has Doors" is Miles' first solo release.
Since beginĀ¬ning Miles had basically shelved these songs to attend school, focus on fatherhood, and commit to the demanding schedule of the F&O's.
He earned a degree in humanities with an emphasis on the philosophical imĀ¬plications of the ecological/economic crisis of our times, and that subject matter can be traced throughout his first EP.
These songs concisely yet esoterically document the existential crisis of our current epoch - moving from the nothingness of modern materialism, fragmented reductionist thought, and drug escapism to a world imbued with subjectivity and meaning through a new relationship with the Earth and cosmos as alive and full of inherent intelligence.