Song:Back To Land
Album:Back To Land
Wooden Shjips is a deliberately off kilter band to the point where the band name is misspelled deliberately. Their music can best be described as neo psychedelic. They are from San Francisco but they now live in Portland. The lead singer and main songwriter is Ripley Johnson. His idea was to form a band with untrained musicians and maybe they will produce a different kind of music. They released their debut album in 2007 on Holy Mountain Records. They got some critical acclaim including a rave review in Rolling Stone. This encouraged Johnson to continue Wooden Shjips. He has a second band called Moon Duo. After a couple of albums, Wooden Shjips signed with Thrill Jockey and Johnson moved to Portland. He is the only holdover from the San Francisco days meaning Wooden Shjips is more solo project than band. The 2013 album Back To Land was their debut on Thrill Jockey. After that, Johnson put Wooden Shjips aside for a few years to concentrate on Moon Duo who released an album in 2015. He has returned to Wooden Shjips to release the 2018 album V and the band is touring to support it. Neo psychedelia fans should check them out. Here's the video for Back To Land by Wooden Shjips.
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