Wye Oak, the duo composed of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack, announce Shriek: Variations, a 10th anniversary celebration of the album featuring five cuts from Shriek reimagined by Grammy-nominated composer William Brittelle. Today, Wye Oak are thrilled to share the first of the variations, “Logic of Color.” Listen to it wherever you stream music, and pre-order Shriek: Variations on 2-LP natural & orange swirl Peak Vinyl from the Merge store!

Joined by the Metropolis Ensemble, Paul Wiancko, and Lizzie Burns, Wye Oak turn “Logic of Color” inside out, reaching towards a kind of pastoral bombast, Brittelle’s aesthetic with Wasner and Stack as an anchor. In this iteration, “Logic of Color” takes Shriek’s “no-guitar” script and flips it, with Wasner playing the synthesizer ostinato on acoustic guitar at its center.

Stack says of Shriek: Variations: “It’s like looking at the songs in a funhouse mirror. The songs on Shriek can be stripped down or embellished—this is maximal embellishment. William took the album and blew it to smithereens, looking at it in a weird, prismatic way.”

Shriek: Variations releases on March 22, 2024, digitally and as a limited 2-LP set. Wye Oak will be part of Merge Records’ 35th anniversary festival which takes place July 24–27, 2024, in Carrboro, North Carolina.