The Wooden Shjips Thread

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Isn't it great? I think I like WS more though.

Somebody described the sound of this band as a cross between Neu and Quicksilver Messenger Service...is this right? What album(s) sound most like this?

All of their output sounds the same. Vol. 1 is their best collection. Neu! and Quicksilver is more how I would describe the side project, Moon Duo.

im kinda obsessed with this new moon duo track http://soundcloud.com/souterraintransmissions/moon-duo-mazes

"goners" is pretty great too

this is great

soooo yeah, this new moon duo record is great? i mean, i expected to like it, but i think i *love* it. I saw them two weeks ago and liked the show, but it felt pretty one-note overall -- not a huge surprise, really. but the record, while not hugely eclectic, is nicely textured/layered.

It's my favorite record out of the MD/WS camp so far, I think. The remixes are pretty nice, too.
Played Sonic Booms remix of Scars on the air last night.

where does one get the remixes?

Mine came with Mazes as a bonus disc when I bought it at a local indie shop.

oh bummerz. and i bought it from the band at the show!

(the album itself, i mean. no remix disc included)

I got it at google.

It was included in a limited number of copies of Mazes, I guess.

hmm google, is that like a new record store or something?

soooo yeah, this new moon duo record is great? i mean, i expected to like it, but i think i *love* it.

OTM. Perfect vibe throughout the whole thing.

guitar sound throughout is just like "yessssssss"

OK I am excited about this now! Hadn't even been on my radar.

This is awesome!

I really like the Wooden Shjips cover of the NZ Flying Nun band Snapper - Buddy

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/WoodenShjips.jpg

new one out in september! mp3 http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/16019-lazy-bones/

**excited**

like the cover...what is that font from? looks really familiar.

Is that similar to the font on some of the Sun Araw stuff?

yeah, guess it's a little like this?
http://www.urgenteplaten.nl/wp-content/uploads/sun-araw-on-patrol-203x203.jpg
but i feel like the shjips thing is referencing something old...come on this is IMPORTANT.

full album stream
http://alteredzones.com/posts/1884/zoned-wooden-shjips-west/

sounds pretty good but on first pass not as fierce as "Dos"

gonna be tough to beat this year's moon duo record tbh.

I actually haven't heard that yet. Got it queued up right after this Sun Araw/Eternal Tapestry (Night Gallery). It's psych-rock Tuesday.

pretty heavy takedown of the new one on dusted: http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6679
dunno, listening now it sounds great to me. obviously not a reinvention, but the hi-fi sound makes it different enough for me. reviewer just seems to be tired of them, which maybe is understandable, but i'm not tired of them yet!

"These fellas do nothing to prove their worth" is a bit much but he does have a point. I'm enjoying the album though.

I'm liking Moon Duo's "Mazes" a lot but I don't feel like I need to go back to "West," at some point it does get kinda like they're spinning their wheels

loving the backwards sounds on "rising". I dunno, this sounds really strong to me!

at some point it does get kinda like they're spinning their wheels

an ironic criticism of this band imho

can't wait to get this myself

Man, I got that email from Thrill Jockey about the limited Moon Duo Halloween 12", but it was already sold out by the time I got home a couple hours later to try and order it.

Any of you score one?

yeah wtf vinyl of WEST is already sold out

:(

Is it really? Damn.

thrill jockey must do really small runs of vinyl, so many of their albums sell out within a month or two of release. can probably find them at retailers, though

I was able to grab the Moon Duo Halloween 12-inch. The planets aligned and I was actually able to get there and place my order about ten minutes after the e-mail hit my inbox. I've been on the outside looking in for most of this Moon Duo/Shjips vinyl.

Thanks to Tyler and his absolutely righteous Doom and Gloom From the Tomb, I got into Moon Duo first and then the Wooden Shjips.

I caught them Saturday at the Empty Bottle here in Chicago, and their set was pretty impressive. Unrelenting jams. There is a formula, no doubt: Mumbled verse/chorus and then the fireworks begin. I didn't have a problem with this, per se, but some other folks were decrying the repetitiveness. It really wasn't a problem for me. I "get" it.

some other folks were decrying the repetitiveness.

if they had any idea what the band sounded like beforehand then I really don't get this complaint. They love repetition! Duh!

cool cover
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltsbzaiDYp1qihnsp.jpg

ha, yeah, if you don't like repetitive, hypnotic jams, this band isn't for you.

i can understand liking repetive songs but having a problem with a set of songs all sounding the same.

xp Shakey - called around to a couple local shops about West and they are sold out. Will let you know if the one that's closed Monday still has it.

yeah I haven't seen it anywhere

Brooklyn on Thursday. Can't wait. Bring on the repetition!

If they had any idea what the band sounded like beforehand then I really don't get this complaint

They did not. Plenty of people there Saturday did not know what they were in for.

i can understand liking repetive songs but having a problem with a set of songs all sounding the same.

I get that Wooden Shjips probably gets this complaint quite a bit, and to the untrained ear or the serial concert blabber, maybe they do all sound the same. But to the heads who pick up on nuance and some of the subtle variations involved, it ain't really the same.

people who complain about repetition in music bore me

Yeah, the Wooden Shjips are one of those bands that just sorta by definition weed out the gadflies and pretenders in a crowd pretty quick.

It's loud and heavy and unrelenting. If you're able to hop aboard, it's a wild ride. But if not, you best get out of the way because the train just seems to keep picking up momentum.