Red Deer Advocate

The Deep Dark Woods have just released Hang Me, Oh Hang Me (Black Hen Music.) With an opening troika that rivals anything dropped by the Bottle Rockets, Son Volt, or Whiskeytown in their prime, the Saskatoon band has produced a memorable collection of songs that hold the listener within a sparse, moody musical world of the band’s creation. The Deep Dark Woods’ instrumentation choices complement the hypnotic quality of Ryan T. Boldt’s voice. Redwood Forest, with its ghostly refrain and chilling images, rivals the best songs Paul Burch and Scott Miller have written.
Describing the sounds of The Deep Dark Woods is almost futile; phrases like ‘downhome country’ and ‘freewheeling folk-rock’ have been tried, but don’t really say too much. How about this: Hang Me, Oh Hang Me sounds like it was made by guys who spend too many hours in bargain shops hunched over boxes of dusty vinyl endlessly seeking Doc Watson, Gram Parsons, Stanley Brothers, and Doors albums. And guess who their target audience is? Folks who spend too many hours...

-Chip Frazier