The music of Wasted Wine is at once placelessly exotic & unmistakably Southern. Their songs com bine Eastern European-inspired melodies, Middle Eastern instruments like the harmonium and bulbal tarang, classic rock guitar playing, cryptic lyrical nods to ancient literature & hip-hop, & suite-like arrangements to create their own brand of strange, dark homemade prog rock. At the same time, the musical world
of Wasted Wine is clearly rooted in the American South, suggesting a Calvanistic world of total depravity, where the sins of the past weigh heavy on the present, cruel impulses lurk behind polite words, & the future looks at best uncertain Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.