Wood/Water

Studio album by The Promise Ring

Released

2002

Recorded

2002

Genre

Acoustic rock, emo, indie rock

The Promise Ring chronology

Electric Pink
(2000)

Wood/Water
(2002)

Wood/Water is the final album by emo band The Promise Ring, as well as their ANTI debut. It included the successful single "Stop Playing Guitar" as well as the song "Say Goodbye Good", which played over the ending credits of the film All the Real Girls.

The album was released on CD by ANTI- and double 10" vinyl by Foreign Leisure Records. The vinyl release contains one bonus track, "All Good Souls", and has a slightly altered track listing.

The turns the band had taken were some sharp ones. Lead singer Davey von Bohlen had recently undergone surgery for a fist-sized tumor in his head, which greatly affected his view on life, and thus his song writing.

Not too long after the release of Wood/Water, von Bohlen and drummer, Dan Didier decided that it was time to call it quits. The band broke up shortly after.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100 link
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Pitchfork Media	3.2/10^[1]
Punknews.org	^[2]
Rolling Stone	link

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Size of Your Life"	3:09
2.	"Stop Playing Guitar"	5:05
3.	"Suffer Never"	4:10
4.	"Become One Anything One Time"	4:19
5.	"Wake Up April"	5:07
6.	"Get On the Floor"	4:07
7.	"Half Year Sun"	5:40
8.	"My Life is At Home length8 = 4:16"
9.	"Letters to the Far Reaches"	2:29
10.	"Bread and Coffee"	3:53
11.	"Say Goodbye Good"	6:37
12.	"Feed the Night"	3:04

Vinyl version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Size of Your Life"	3:09
2.	"Stop Playing Guitar"	5:05
3.	"Suffer Never"	4:10
4.	"Letters to the Far Reaches"	2:29
5.	"Become One Anything One Time"	4:19
6.	"Wake Up April"	5:07
7.	"Get on the Floor"	4:07
8.	"My Life is At Home"	4:16
9.	"Half Year Sun"	5:40
10.	"Bread and Coffee"	3:53
11.	"All Good Souls"	3:47
12.	"Say Goodbye Good"	6:37
13.	"Feed the Night"	3:04

Personnel

Davey von Bohlen – vocals, acoustic guitar
Jason Gnewikow – electric guitar
Scott Schoenbeck – bass guitar
Dan Didier – drums, percussion
Ryan Weber – piano

References

↑ DiCrescenzo, Brent (April 14, 2002). "The Promise Ring: Wood/Water". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
↑ Scott (April 24, 2002). "The Promise Ring – Wood/Water". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 14, 2015.

External links

Wood/Water at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

The Promise Ring

Jason Gnewikow Davey von Bohlen Dan Didier Ryan Weber Scott Beschta Tim Burton Scott Schoenbeck

Studio albums	30° Everywhere The Horse Latitudes Nothing Feels Good Very Emergency Wood/Water

EPs	Falsetto Keeps Time Boys + Girls Electric Pink

Related bands	Maritime Cap'n Jazz Decibully Vermont

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