The Wooden Shjips Thread

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.

FYI, you can get the Horror Tour EP on iTunes for $6.

west lp is still available on insound

actually it's back on the thrill jockey site too

Oh man, the Horror Tour EP is worth tracking down if only to hear "Sickener", such a fucking jam.

got a vinyl copy yesterday. great stuff

Me too! Found it for only £7 on Berwick Street. It's really great - there's a hell of a lot packed into four songs...

grrr I will probably never see this EP.

Moon Duo needs a Vol 1 and Vol 2 like the Shjips had, ASAP.

also I guess there was a bonus 7" with some copies of West? And another Moon Duo 7" from this year?

I should just order from the band, they only live like 10 hours from me..

(calls Ripley, orders "one of everything")

I got the "West" vinyl. no 7" tho

The 7" came free if you ordered the LP from Thrill Jockey (along with a tote bag). All of the tracks from it are on the iTunes version of West, FWIW. They are:

- Phonograph
- Lights Out (Peaking Lights Mix)
- Wiking Stew (Sonic Boom Remix)

Totally agree on the Moon Duo Vol. 1 need. Hell, the Shjips are due for Vol. 3!

is there a place to (legally) download the horror tour ep?

As I mentioned a few posts up, on iTunes for $6.

oops, missed that post! thx

Copies of the West bonus 7" are showing up separately these days. Got one on pre-order.

saw these guys last week - played sikkk cover of 'buddy' by snapper

^underrated

that sounds so awesome, I love that tune and that EP kills

^cosign bigtime

damn, maybe I should have grabbed that EP earlier after all...

Wait my bad I tht Sleeve was talking about the Snapper EP

Finally managed to get a reasonably priced copy of the Shjips 7" with the Snapper cover off eBay last week. Took long enough.

http://youtu.be/fwxCbE3T7q4

I tht Sleeve was talking about the Snapper EP

I was!

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

*rimshot*

I have to admit, I listened to that and thought "sounds like every other WS song."

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!

no worries, just joking abt the similarities between their sound and "buddy". it's a great song, and they're a phenomenal live band.

new album trailer
http://vimeo.com/71853120

nice LZII vibe on the sleeve

this is apparently a big crossover album? people sure are up and down on the wooden shjips.

lol crossover ... to where?

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.

"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.