Wooden Shjips

Wooden Shjips

Wooden Shjips at St Philip's Church, Salford, 2010.
Background information
Origin San Francisco, USA
Genres Psychedelic rock, space rock, drone rock
Years active 2006-Present
Labels Holy Mountain, Thrill Jockey
Website Official web site
Members Erik "Ripley" Johnson
Dusty Jermier
Nash Whalen
Omar Ahsanuddin

Wooden Shjips (pronounced 'ships') is a space rock/psychedelic rock [1][2] band from San Francisco, USA.

Their sound has been described as experimental, minimalist,[3] drone rock,[4] and "spacey psychedelic rock".[2] They have been compared to Suicide, Loop, The Velvet Underground, The Doors, Soft Machine and Guru Guru.[1][2][3] They are currently signed to Thrill Jockey records, whose artist roster also includes Tortoise, Future Islands, The Sea and Cake and Matmos.[5]

Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson also plays in a side project, Moon Duo, formed in 2009 with Sanae Yamada.[6] They have so far released one EP (Killing Time, 2009 [Sacred Bones]) and four albums (Escape, 2010 [Woodsist]; Mazes, 2011 [Sacred Bones]; Circles, 2012 [Sacred Bones], and Shadow of the Sun, 2015 [Sacred Bones]).

The group played the ATP New York 2010 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 LP, entitled Back to Land, on Thrill Jockey.[7]

Discography

Albums

Singles & EPs

References

  1. 1 2 John Doran (2010-03-19). "Album Review: Wooden Shjips - 'Vol 2' (Sick Thirst)". The NME. Retrieved 2010-04-04. External link in |work= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 (2010-03-18). "Vol 2 by Wooden Shjips". The Observer. Retrieved 2010-04-04. External link in |work= (help)
  3. 1 2 HimTall (2007-10-02). "DiScover: Wooden Shjips". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 2010-04-04. External link in |work= (help)
  4. David Fricke (2007-09-25). "Fricke’s Picks: Wooden Shjips, Tulsa and Your 33 Black Angels". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2010-04-04. External link in |work= (help)
  5. "Thrill Jockey - Artists". Thrill Jockey website. Retrieved 2013-11-19. External link in |work= (help)
  6. Matt Meisinger (2010-03-13). "Moon Duo Interview: SXSW 2010". Spinner UK. Retrieved 2010-04-04. External link in |work= (help)
  7. http://thrilljockey.com/thrill/Wooden-Shjips/Back-to-Land

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