Wooden Shjips (pronounced "ships") is an American experimental rock band from San Francisco, United States.
Their sound has been described as experimental, minimalist, drone rock, and "spacey psychedelic rock". They have been compared to Suicide, Spacemen 3, Loop, The Velvet Underground, The Doors, Soft Machine and Guru Guru. They are signed to Thrill Jockey records.
Guitarist Ripley Johnson also plays in a side project, Moon Duo, formed in 2009 with Sanae Yamada. The project has released one EP and four albums.
The group played at the 2010 All Tomorrow's Parties music festival in Monticello, New York in September 2010 at the request of film director Jim Jarmusch.
In November 2013, the group released their fourth studio album, Back to Land, on Thrill Jockey.
Video Wooden Shjips
Discography
Studio albums
- Wooden Shjips (2007)
- Dos (2009)
- West (2011)
- Back to Land (2013)
- V. (2018)
Compilation albums
- Vol. 1 (2008)
- Vol. 2 (2010)
Singles and EPs
Self-released
- Shrinking Moon For You (2006)
- Holiday Cassingle cs (2008)
via Sick Thirst
- Dance, California (2006)
- SOL '07 (2007)
- European Tour (split with The Heads) [2008]
- Vampire Blues (2008)
- Oh Tennenbaum / Auld Lang Syne (2010)
- Tour of Australia and New Zealand (2010)
via Mexican Summer
- Contact (2009)
via The Great Pop Supplement
- Big City (Demo) / I Believe It (split with Spacemen 3) [2009]
via Sub Pop
- Loose Lips / Start To Dreaming (2007)
Maps Wooden Shjips
References
External links
- Official website
- Holy Mountain artist page
- Myspace page
- Discogs page
- BBC Artist page, including reviews and tracks played
Source of article : Wikipedia
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