and just for fun, a live version of Wooden Ships by CSN&Y http://youtube.com/watch?v=a0P_cviczko
― jaxon, Saturday, 17 November 2007 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
there's no fucking doors in the album at all
That's patently untrue. I'm still debating it: I kinda like it anyway, despite hating the Doors. Jaxon's right, though, it is pretty much concentrated in the first track.
― emil.y, Saturday, 17 November 2007 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
"patently untrue" my ass. NO DOORS! organ /= equal doors!
Wooden Shjips vs High Tide
high tide by a country mile.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Sunday, 18 November 2007 05:58 (sixteen years ago) link
it's not just the organ, dude. that voice on the first song is totally jim. and the reason i compared high tide is because that dude sounds like morrison too.
― jaxon, Sunday, 18 November 2007 08:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Psych bands inspired by The Doors >>>> The Doors
This has always been true.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Sunday, 18 November 2007 08:57 (sixteen years ago) link
uuu_uuu
― W4LTER, Sunday, 18 November 2007 09:05 (sixteen years ago) link
the alb totally reminded me of the doors too, fwiw
― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 18 November 2007 10:14 (sixteen years ago) link
hey, you know what? the s/t is really good for late night driving. especially track 3. suddenly the weirdly skeletal production makes sense (i can't think of a 'psych' band with 4 members who sound more minimal than these dudes) and the organ really comes to the fore. it's almost neu!-like, but not really sounding like them at all.
7" on sub pop also real good. i think the b is my favorite shjips jam.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't really think the LP held up to repeated listenings.. I got a promo copy of the CD, listened to it a few times driving to and from Rhode Island, realized I didn't need to buy the LP.
You're OTM re the Rallizes sound though
― ian, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
the s/t grew on me except for the first track (i think)
this is still my favorite of all their songs. just put this on repeat http://www.woodenshjips.com/mp3/Shrinking%20Moon%20for%20You%20(edit).MP3
― am0n, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link
also ws >>>>>>>>>>>>>> endless boogie
― am0n, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
much love for w.s.
― Mike McGooney-gal, Friday, 12 September 2008 10:39 (fifteen years ago) link
SHRINKING MOON FOR YOU
^^ this
― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 23:03 (fifteen years ago) link
When bandleader Ripley Johnson put the band together in 2003 he wasn't interested in playing gigs or becoming famous. His original intention was to find a group of non-musicians and create music with them. The idea was that untrained players would have a brand new outlook on what music is and bring something fresh to the table, perhaps a blend of the often noisy trance rock of the Velvet Underground and the frenetic mania of the one-hit wonder garage punks of the early '60s. Bassman Dusty Jermier, for example, was originally recruited to play sax, an instrument he'd never picked up before. Other members from that first incarnation often had such a lack of interest in playing live for people the band didn't even bother looking for gigs.
― vain_bowers, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 08:49 (fifteen years ago) link
u dudes like that magic lantern album on not not fun? lands somewhere between the shjips and endless boogie, actually. it's unexpectedly worth checking out
― all-seeing eye of horus (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 11:20 (fifteen years ago) link
New album titled Dos to be released April 14th. Looking forward to this very much.
― van smack, Saturday, 28 March 2009 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
well, it's around..
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 28 March 2009 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice..will search for it
― van smack, Saturday, 28 March 2009 21:11 (fifteen years ago) link
As regards style, I can understand the Rallizes comparison from what I've heard. But the one album I have of Wooden Shjips is utterly bland (the s/t LP on Holy Mountain). The only good track on it is the last one (no pun intended, Rallizes fans).
Is this album commonly seen as their weak one? In other words should I give them another chance?
― Duke, Saturday, 28 March 2009 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i think the compilation 'volume 1' is superior, but it doesn't sound drastically different to the album, so i think if you're not keen on that, it's not going to change your mind really
ps can anyone sort me out with a link to the new one, can't find it anywhere!
― vain_bowers, Saturday, 28 March 2009 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
i think most ppl agreed the singles before the album were superior (compiled on Volume 1)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 28 March 2009 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link
So Wooden Shjips are to psych-rock what The Strokes are to NY post-punk?
― Duke, Saturday, 28 March 2009 22:47 (fifteen years ago) link
That was rather facetious. But I feel they are simply a bland retread of something I hold dear.
― Duke, Saturday, 28 March 2009 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
early stuff (volume 1): loop/spacemen 3 fuzz dronin
album: rallizes (basic channel reshape)
can't wait to hear the new one.
― GÖDEL ESCHER BOCK BOCK BOCK (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 29 March 2009 06:49 (fifteen years ago) link
its good. lies somewhere in between those ^^
― eman, Sunday, 29 March 2009 06:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm not liking the new one that much. I only liketwo of the five..."Motorbike" and "Down by the Sea" are pretty good, and the rest are forgettable. I might have to comeback to this later, but for now -- meh
― van smack, Sunday, 29 March 2009 18:17 (fifteen years ago) link
the new one is more like the singles ("loop/spacemen 3 fuzz dronin") with the suicide american-anglo motorik amped up. "motorbike" could be "ghost rider 2009"
― kamerad, Thursday, 2 April 2009 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i think its better than the 1st album.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 2 April 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't. it's good, but the kind of dryness of it is a little too much. it'll probably grow on me, but i was really hoping for a whole album like the b-side of the 7". god i love that track.
― CHEWED BY BADGERS (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Sounds good to me so far. Looking forward to hearing this!
― ilxor, Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:42 (fifteen years ago) link
it's good, but the kind of dryness of it is a little too much.
yeah the production on this seems to be restraining their signature sound
― ¸„ø¤º°¨º¤ø „¸¨°º¤ø„¸¸„ø ¸„ø¤º°¨¸„ø¤º „¸¨°º¤ (eman), Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:55 (fifteen years ago) link
the "e-z" version of "i hear the vibrations" on the b-side of the contact 12"... WOW. the build of the droning organ and guitar is beautiful. i need to find a good rip of the original.
― i'm too hardcore to be bourgeois (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 7 June 2009 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow. Dos sucks. I mean, that could be a little harsh...
― SourPatchCorpse, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah? i like it well enough ... I think these guys are good -- maybe not as great as Aquarius Records would have you believe, but I do love the guitar playing.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess because there doesn't seem to be any evolution? Could just as well be demo from before their first record? It doesn't "suck" but man oh man it doesn't "rule." I wanted it to.
― SourPatchCorpse, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I like it.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Well dos endorsements! I'll spin the motherfucker again I guess.
― SourPatchCorpse, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Let me ask you two...are you guys...ya know...doing anything "special" before ya listen to it?
― SourPatchCorpse, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
no
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh. Because that I could see.
well, im eating an ice-lolly.
but nothing special about it.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Wouldn't say it sucks at all, slightly disappointing but the second listen sucked me in more than the first. The final track is by far my favorite though.
― the sideburns are album-specific (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
its good. its exactly the same as their other stuff.
― Apollo C. Vermouth (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I think after being initially disappointed by the 1st album after the previous releases, I just realised they wouldnt make anything earth shattering but would make some enjoyable music.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
the "evolution" comment is funny though - like, its okay for some bands not to evolve (AC/DC, ZZ Top, the Ramones, Motorhead, etc.) but on the other hand bands are routinely faulted for "evolving" too much (perennial "I like their old stuff better" complaints etc.) As if there's an ideal narrative arc bands should stick to in their careers, and if they deviate too far from it then they suck.
― Apollo C. Vermouth (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Well, yeah dude. They're Shjips. They're going somewhere...
― SourPatchCorpse, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
*boom-tish*
― the sideburns are album-specific (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I still haven't revisited this album yet.
― van smack, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
they could prove me wrong, but they don't seem to be the kinda band that would "evolve" -- the whole point is single-mindedness right? only big shakeup i could see is maybe upgrading to a more pro studio sound. but that might ruin it, make it sound like Black Rebel Motorwhatever or something. As for the other question, I've drunk some beer while listening.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I already held RCB in high regard, but the new one takes it to a whole new level. I've gotten so much mileage out of it.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 June 2023 16:47 (ten months ago) link
I really love the first three records, but had kinda decided to sit the latest one out, just because I felt I had enough of them, there's other music to buy etc.But then last night, two beers in, I read tipsy's post, listened to about half of Mariposa, and immediately ordered the record.
― mizzell, Thursday, 8 June 2023 17:04 (ten months ago) link
this is really scratching my "what else sounds like Relatively Clean Rivers" itch, thanks thread
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Thursday, 8 June 2023 17:42 (ten months ago) link
New one is my favorite too.
A lot of it reminds me of Beachwood Sparks’ The Tarnished Gold—a really terrific and overlooked album. RCB is a lot noodlier but there is still a shared vibe
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 9 June 2023 02:58 (ten months ago) link
i can't really hang with this RCB record. it just sounds like easy listening music? i'm not saying that's bad, it's just not for me i guess.
― budo jeru, Friday, 9 June 2023 22:27 (ten months ago) link
Was pleasantly surprised to hear These Shadows in Episode 8 of The Diplomat on Netflix. Pink Floyd's The Great Gig in the Sky as well.
― aworks, Monday, 12 June 2023 03:59 (ten months ago) link
it just sounds like easy listening music?
no man, it's cosmic :)
It's easy to listen to, but in a good way imo. Definitely a vibe, so if you don't vibe with it, c'est ca.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 12 June 2023 04:58 (ten months ago) link
hilarious to me that this doors worship band is named after a song by a guy who famously hated jim morrison and his music― budo jeru, Thursday, March 30, 2023 6:47 PM (two months ago)The Doors comparisons didn't make sense to me in 2007 and they still don't in 2023, tbh.― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, March 31, 2023 8:49 AM (two months ago)
― budo jeru, Thursday, March 30, 2023 6:47 PM (two months ago)
The Doors comparisons didn't make sense to me in 2007 and they still don't in 2023, tbh.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, March 31, 2023 8:49 AM (two months ago)
the last time i saw them (2006 or 2007) they opened for 水晶の舟 whose name translates to "The Crystal Ship".
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 12 June 2023 14:47 (ten months ago) link