The third shjalbum from wooden shjips drops via thrill jockey. Supreme psychdrone rockers wooden shjips must have figured out that if they traveled any more inward they just might turn themselves inside out. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Wooden shjips pronounced ships is an american experimental and psychedelic rock band. The band self released a 10 and 7 that year and started playing shows shortly thereafter. San franciscos excellent psychrock outfit wooden shjips is returning with a new album following 2011s west. Cd version comes in a 4 panel minilp style package. On their third studio album, the shjips tranceinducing drones feel more. West deluxe version by wooden shjips on apple music. Saturday august 2 the shjips play at the famed first avenue in minneapolis with support from moss folk. Licensed to youtube by merlin thrill jockey records on behalf of thrill jockey.
I just found out about wooden shjips and the two albums ive been listening to. These tracks are all hypnotic kraut grooves, spacious textures and spiralling guitar playing. Discover, buy and download high quality mp3 music of west 2011 by wooden shjips at mp3caprice. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. The cover of wooden shjips fifth album centers around a visual puna hand making a peace sign that doubles as the records romannumeral title, v.
Wooden shjips play a quick trio of dates in the long nights of high summer in the us mid west. Lp version includes a full color artworked inner sleeve and download coupon. Wooden shjips stand at the forefront of modern psychedelic rock and present, west their first album for thrill jockey. Licensed to youtube by merlin thrill jockey records on behalf of thrill. The over riding theme for the album as indicated by the title is the american west, and all of the mythology, romanticism, and idealism that it embodies. Wooden shjips, a quartet from san francisco heavily influenced by the experimentalism of psychedelia, classical. Wooden shjips head to the brudenell social club in leeds this september as part. Lp version packaged with full color artworked inner sleeve and free download card. I just found out about wooden shjips and the two albums ive been listening to are west and back to land and just to keep this simple and short i love these two this band is just the bit of psychedelic mixed with a touch of ambient jam that ive been looking for a perfect bay area sound 4 and a half stars outta 5.
West is the third full release from psychrock outfit wooden shjips. West deluxe version wooden shjips alternative 2011. West, from 2011, continues improvement, the sound is cleaned up but the droningrocking combination remains. Includes unlimited streaming of west via the free bandcamp app, plus high quality download in mp3, flac and more. Shjips in the night live in san francisco vinyl lp. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from wooden shjips at the discogs marketplace. Wooden shjips turn the crunchy choogle of 1970s boogierock into isolationchamber spaceout fare. Prior to 2006, wooden shjips was an experiment in primitive and minimalist rock. Though it takes a few listens to unlock this superlativesince at first you might be tempted to merely think, this just sounds like wooden. Wooden shjips are as retrofascinated as the likes of kalli and soft hearted scientists, but their psychedelia is less sunkissed and paradisiacal, even when their gaze is drawn west, as on this. Based on the idealism, romanticism, and mythology of western america, their psychedelic, expansive.