Alex Carson (piano, vocals) and Jessica Diggins (violin, vocals) met in Norwich in 2012 and founded the band Wooden Arms. Later on, further musicians joined the band, along with drummer and multi-instrumentalist Alex Mackenzie. In September 2014 they released the mini album "Tide", whose enchanted sound was influenced by indie pop, folk, orchestral classical music, electronics and chamber music, and above all by the British press. On "Trick Of The Light" the quintet moves fluently through different genres and picks up elements of alternative rock, classical music and trip-hop. Wooden Arms inspire with a rhythmic sensitivity, which is also known from Portishead, and then mate it with ethereal melodies ? la Sigur R?s. Compared to the debut, the formation relies on more contemporary sound elements in its twelve new songs. But it's not only the sound that has been given a more up-to-date texture. The way in which the pieces were created has also changed fundamentally. Former piano teacher Carson alone was responsible for songwriting, now Alex Mackenzie and Jeff Smith (trumpet, guitar, vocals) gave him a more refined touch.
