The White (Agalloch EP)

The White is an EP by American metal band Agalloch, released on February 29, 2008. A follow-up to Agalloch's 2004 EP The Grey, it completed a dichotomy of releases for Vendlus Records. The White contained seven neofolk and dark ambient tracks written and recorded between 2004 and 2007. The release was limited to 2000 copies.

The White
EP by Agalloch
Released	February 29, 2008 (2008-02-29)
Recorded	2004–2007
Genre	Neofolk, dark ambient
Length	32:32[1]
Label	Vendlus
Producer	John Haughm, Veleda Thorsson, Ronn Chick
Agalloch chronology
Ashes Against the Grain (2006) The White (2008) The Demonstration Archive 1996 - 1998 (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The song "Sowilo Rune" (referencing the Sowilo rune) was posted on the band's official Myspace page on January 4. The songs "The Isle of Summer," "Summerisle Reprise," and "Sowilo Rune" contained samples from the 1973 film The Wicker Man. "Birch White" featured vocalist John Haughm reciting the poem "Birch Tree" by A. S. J. Tessimond in a style comparable to English neofolk band Death in June.

On November 29, 2019, Dämmerung Arts issued a remastered version of The White, including a bonus track from Marrow of the Spirit sessions.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"The Isle of Summer"		Don Anderson	3:58
2.	"Birch Black"		Anderson	2:40
3.	"Hollow Stone"		Chuck Greene	4:15
4.	"Pantheist"		John Haughm	7:17
5.	"Birch White"	A. S. J. Tessimond	Anderson, Ty Brubaker	3:44
6.	"Sowilo Rune"	Anderson	Haughm	5:40
7.	"Summerisle Reprise"		Anderson	4:55
Total length:				32:32

2019 remastered edition bonus track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
8.	"Where Shade Once Was"	Haughm	Haughm	5:14
Total length:				37:46

Personnel

Agalloch

• John Haughm – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, baritone guitar, e-Bow, field recordings, vocals, production
• Don Anderson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano

Additional personnel

• Chuck Greene – synthesizer
• Ty Brubaker – accordion
• Markus Wolff – percussion
• Andrea Victoria Knippschild – background vocals
• Jackie Perez Gratz – cello ("Where Shade Once Was")
• Veleda Thorsson – Jew's harp, Peruvian ceremonial horn, goat horn, production
• Ronn Chick – piano, synthesizer, mixing, mastering, production