Wolves and Wishes

Wolves and Wishes is the fourth solo studio album by American multi-instrumentalist Dosh. It was released on Anticon on May 13, 2008.^[1]

Wolves and Wishes
Studio album by Dosh
Released	May 13, 2008 (2008-05-13)[1]
Genre	Post-rock, instrumental hip hop[2]
Length	44:06
Label	Anticon
Producer	Ben Durrant, Dosh
Dosh chronology
The Lost Take (2006) Wolves and Wishes (2008) Tommy (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The A.V. Club	B+[4]
Exclaim!	favorable[5]
Paste	favorable[6]
Pitchfork	7.7/10[7]
PopMatters	[8]
XLR8R	8/10[9]

Critical reception

Ben Peterson of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "while Dosh's effervescent soundscape often veers unpredictably from ambient and dreamy to manic and scattershot in a single stroke, it somehow remains unified, transfixing, and above all, highly listenable."^[3] Roque Strew of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.7 out of 10, saying: "Bristling with jazzy forms, infused with a global soul, Wolves and Wishes turns hip-hop's philosophy of bricolage into a glitchy, raucous, genre-spanning achievement."^[7] Sara Miller of Paste said, "Wolves and Wishes presents upbeat, unique compositions that allow the listener's mind ample time to wander freely."^[6] She called it "Dosh's most fully realized and cohesive work to date."^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Don't Wait for the Needle to Drop"	3:31
2.	"Bury the Ghost" (Dosh, Mike Lewis)	3:58
3.	"If You Want to, You Have To"	4:43
4.	"First Impossible"	8:59
5.	"Kit and Pearle"	4:00
6.	"Wolves"	3:59
7.	"Food Cycles" (Dosh, Lewis, Andrew Broder, Jeremy Ylvisaker)	3:07
8.	"Keep Up Appearance"	3:10
9.	"The Magic Stick"	3:21
10.	"Capture the Flag"	5:18

All tracks are written by Martin Dosh, except where noted.

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Martin Dosh – drums, Rhodes piano, piano, lots of other things
• Mike Lewis – clarinet, saxophone, keyboards (2, 3), bass guitar (3)
• Jeremy Ylvisaker – guitar (3, 4, 6, 7, 8), pedal steel guitar (5)
• Andrew Bird – violin (1, 3, 5, 7), vocals (3, 5)
• Andrew Broder – guitar (1, 2, 7, 9)
• Mark Erickson – bass guitar (1, 5)
• Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – vocals (2)
• Marshall Lacount – banjo (4), vocals (5)
• Ben Durrant – guitar (5)
• Nona Marie Invie – vocals (5)
• Robert Skoro – vocals (5)
• Ellen Fitzgerald – vocals (5)
• Odd Nosdam – noise (8)
• David King – drums (9)
• Bryan Olson – guitar (9, 10)