"Yankee Reality. What does it mean? Does it portend that there is some unique, other plain of existence for northerners and / or city folk?  Something perhaps alien to, well, everybody else? Virginia cum citizen of London / rambling man Keith Wood knows all about it. Several years ago, he relocated to the city of crumpets and tea, where he, among other things, secured a gig playing guitar for notoriously intense death folk legends Current 93. In the midst of all this excitement, he has managed to write and record a brand new Hush Arbors album, his second for Ecstatic Peace!, and it’s his finest to date. With a full band in tow – multi instrumentalist Leon Dufficy, bassist Jason Ajemian, and drummer Ryan Sawyer – and none other than J Mascis in the producer’s chair, Yankee Reality continues Wood’s winning streak while introducing an embarrassment of riches in the way of surprises and curveballs along the way." - James Jackson Toth

Reviews:

"Even after the repetitive review listens that often kill an album where it stands Yankee Reality feels like a quarry of songs filled with a vivid water I have barely seen my reflection in, let alone broken the surface of." - Strangeglue

"[Hush Arbors] suggested that Wood was gracefully expanding on his fuzzy, avant-folk roots and embracing a more orthodox, though still somewhat other-worldly, tradition of American rock and roots music.  Yankee Reality compounds that idea in style." - Uncut

"With one hand in traditional Americana and another in fuzzy garage grit, Hush Arbors reaches deep in ten tracks of subtle diversity and killer ambience." - Citizen Dick

"The beauty of this album is it connections to the roots of American music. There is a clear love for making music in every note of this album and a glowing reality that must be heard to be believed." - Orange Alert