Wood/Water

Wood/Water
Studio album by The Promise Ring
Released	2002
Recorded	2002
Genre	Acoustic rock, emo, indie rock
Label	ANTI-
Producer	Stephen Street
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"	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

1. DiCrescenzo, Brent (April 14, 2002). "The Promise Ring: Wood/Water". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
2. 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)