I tht Sleeve was talking about the Snapper EP
I was!
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
saw these guys last week - played sikkk cover of 'buddy' by snapper
yeah, but they've been doing this for five years by my count
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
*rimshot*
I have to admit, I listened to that and thought "sounds like every other WS song."
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
idk tenderizer, i have not seen them before - thought it may have been something novel for aus/NZ audiences. kiwi friend at the show was beside himself about it!
― merrick & toro rosso (haitch), Thursday, 5 April 2012 05:17 (twelve years ago) link
no worries, just joking abt the similarities between their sound and "buddy". it's a great song, and they're a phenomenal live band.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 05:33 (twelve years ago) link
new album trailerhttp://vimeo.com/71853120
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
nice LZII vibe on the sleeve
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
this is apparently a big crossover album? people sure are up and down on the wooden shjips.
― special beet service (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
lol crossover ... to where?
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
it's gonna be HUGE. i like this new one a lot, their progress into being a straightforward rock band has been surprisingly successful, imo. there are a few big Neil Young moments on this one.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
"a rock audience" (rather than?) i dunno. i saw they have won over dero http://www.wbez.org/blogs/jim-derogatis/2013-09/rim-shots-willis-earl-beal-bongos-and-wooden-shjips-108713
Consider this an early head’s up: The album won’t be released by Chicago’s beloved Thrill Jockey until November 12, but I haven’t been able to stop listening since I downloaded the advance a few weeks ago, and you need to know about these timeless, hypnotic, swirling, psychedelic melodies now. The San Francisco quartet has been recording since the mid-2000s—giant slabs of dark mystery built on the familiar elements of droning organ, fuzzed-out guitar, whispered vocals, and insistent, metronomic drums—in the grand tradition of the Velvet Underground to the Dream Syndicate and Spacemen 3 to the Black Angels. But after going back and devouring the back catalog, I can say they’ve never been as consistent, entrancing, necessary, and just plain perfect as they are on these eight new jams.
i bought a ticket to the record release show as soon as i saw crazy horse. i liked them enough in their previous state, but i'll pay $14 to see a cut rate crazy horse.
― special beet service (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
I just can't picture these guys as a mainstream rock act. granted I haven't heard the new one but...
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't even know there was a rock mainstream anymore tbhit seems ridic to think that the shjips are gonna blow up the charts but who knowsi just want to hear some lumbering jams
― special beet service (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
xp "mainstream" is stretching it -- what's a mainstream rock act these days, anyway? kings of leon or something?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
anyhoo, w/ the neil young stuff, the last song on the new shjips sounds like an homage to this deep cuthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc65mHWrS1k
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
well, yeah - Kings of Leon. uh the Black Keys I guess?
these guys just seem off in their own little world, completely insulated from larger market trends. which is fine, that's how I like it for the most part.
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
Arcade Fire, are they a rock band?
ha! crossover.
i'm excited for this. Shjips + CAVE for that release show has me looking at bus tickets & times and trying to make that trip.
― dronestreet, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
huh didn't know Interstate was a Ragged Glory outtake
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
that version i posted is actually the int'l harvesters version from 85ish, but yeah, he recorded it for ragged glory (and then for whatever reason, put it out on the vinyl broken arrow). definitely one of his best "unknown" songs.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
Streaming in full here: http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/nov/04/wooden-shjips-back-to-land-album-stream
― dronestreet, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEsuD_K4sUU
― du mein bestie (micarl), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 16:18 (ten years ago) link
ripley seems like a super nice dude from that video, wkiw, but the show friday did not electrify mei think they suffered from overly good opening bands tbh
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 11 November 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
Wanted to come up for that show really bad, but had to work. Assuming that they followed CAVE, which would be tough. Really liking the new record though.
― dronestreet, Monday, 11 November 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
Bobby Matador from Oneida with some measured half-praise: http://thetalkhouse.com/reviews/view/bobby-matador-wooden-shjips
― dronestreet, Monday, 11 November 2013 20:53 (ten years ago) link
They not only followed CAVE, but they followed Rabble Rabble, whose drummer is so fun to watch and so good. I feel like they almost didn't stand a chance even though they weren't at all bad or anything like that. They were quite buoyant, really. I just wasn't feeling it too strongly. I'll admit that I left after 4 songs. Maybe it got super incredible after that, dunno.
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 11 November 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link
cave would probably be the worst band to have to follow
― tylerw, Monday, 11 November 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
this was the first bandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyXQIgjhh_8
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 11 November 2013 21:09 (ten years ago) link
haha wow yeah she is good
fingertapping on the end there a little regrettable but otherwise sweet!
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 11 November 2013 23:18 (ten years ago) link
someone tweeted an in-the-flesh picture of the new album today - not a massive fan but this thing looks great:
https://twitter.com/dannykellywords/status/399906456939405314
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Monday, 11 November 2013 23:36 (ten years ago) link
Was annoyed to see it in Rough Trade East last night (the version with the bonus 7"). Got mine sent from Thrill Jockey to my Sister-In-Law's in the US, thinking only TJ would have the bonus 7" & their shipping to the UK being more hideous than it should be. Oh well, I did get a bonus iTunes download of one of the 7" tracks...which is only valid in the US store.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:58 (ten years ago) link
Feel like this band is everything I hate about psych rock, just like long boring songs with no energy and standard psych guitar solos.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 17:50 (ten years ago) link
so what do you like about psych rock
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
very possible i just like long boring songs with no energy and standard psych guitar solos.i dunno, i get what you mean, but for whatever reason i always enjoy wooden shjips
― tylerw, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
is this west coast tour any good?
thinking about seeing them saturday night but was not impressed with "west" and have not heard "back to land"
― the late great, Friday, 24 January 2014 23:43 (ten years ago) link
bump
― the late great, Saturday, 25 January 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
i meant to respond to this before but i forgotthe show i saw was merely ok. as i mentioned, the opening bands were hard to follow, and the shjips formula sounded overly evident by the time they went on, but that might not be their fault. i did start to get the suspicion that their new album was overhyped by people who don't listen to a lot of music like this (so it sounded more interesting to them than it did to me).
not a bad time, but not mind blowing by any stretch.
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Saturday, 25 January 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
i did start to get the suspicion that their new album was overhyped by people who don't listen to a lot of music like this (so it sounded more interesting to them than it did to me).
It's enjoyable, but I think this suspicion is spot on. 'Back to Land' seems to be the one that has broken through to some critics who believe they've stumbled upon something great and obscure, and thus are pumping it up as better than their earlier stuff, i.e. "Wooden Shjips have finally put it all together," so they don't appear late to the game.
― alpine static, Saturday, 25 January 2014 22:11 (ten years ago) link
they've jumped the shark after vol. 2 huh
― the late great, Saturday, 25 January 2014 22:20 (ten years ago) link
Nah west and dos are great. But at this point I think I prefer moon duo.
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 25 January 2014 22:21 (ten years ago) link
^ otm
― alpine static, Sunday, 26 January 2014 01:13 (ten years ago) link
I thought vol 2 came out after dos
tbh not crazy about west
― the late great, Sunday, 26 January 2014 01:23 (ten years ago) link
Everything I've heard by these guys was perfectly enjoyable but sounded pretty much the same. I saw them open on the Pavement reunion tour and everyone in the crowd hated them, so I made a point of cheering as loud as I could - probably the moment I felt most positively disposed to WS.
― a man with legs made of sausages - that's not real! (seandalai), Sunday, 26 January 2014 02:24 (ten years ago) link
― the late great, Saturday, 25 January 2014
this is my assessment, with the caveat that I think a lot of the creative energy has gone into Moon Duo
― sleeve, Sunday, 26 January 2014 03:07 (ten years ago) link
Back to Land sounded really formulaic to me; there was only one,song that stood out to me and I don't remember the name of it rn
West was not that much better but at least the two best songs were first and thereby easy to find
― stop ingesting (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 26 January 2014 03:19 (ten years ago) link
I prolley need to hear early WS tho fer sure. Loved their Snapper cover
Moon Duo is cool but uneven too; Circles was p great but I thought Mazes was drastically overrated. Probably my favorite thing Ripley has done was MD's Escape EP
― stop ingesting (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 26 January 2014 03:22 (ten years ago) link
this new one is stellar- dreamy and floaty, a mode i haven't picked up on in them prior. will sound good on a hot afternoon in the backyard
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 25 May 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
this is still my favorite work of theirs- i don't have a ton of use for their middle period, it seems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1YoLJajtAE
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 25 May 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
I find them a bit hit & miss, but the new one sounds good. Hopefully they'll come out on tour
― Duke, Saturday, 26 May 2018 13:52 (six years ago) link