Pitchfork Media reviewed one of their previous albums, Songs of Shame, giving the band its "Best New Music" designation and describing the sound as "a distinctive blend of spooky campfire folk, lo-fi rock, homemade tape collages, and other noisy interludes, all anchored by deceptively sturdy melodies."[5]. Read Review, After their longest hiatus to date, Jeremy Earl and Jarvis Taverniere return with an album that feels comfortably settled into its strengths Strange To Explain by WOODS, released 22 May 2020 1. Album pre-order: No pre-order link added. Strange to Explain is warm, weightless, and free-spirited. 05 Strange to Explain Uncut, Low-end synth tones throughout the album provide a melancholy aura that at times is given additional weight from Halstead's dreamy, wistful notes. It is safe to say that, as in the vast majority of their projects, "Strange to Explain" plays with the best that the band has to offer and leaves to experiment in the details. Woods is an American folk rock band from Brooklyn, New York,[2] formed in 2005. It's updated daily. Print edition only The Void 7. Strange To Explain 6. The band's former bassist, Kevin Morby, left the band in 2013. 03 Before They Pass By Regardless, Woods have assembled a worthy “comeback” album of sorts, one that highlights all of their best moments, and even some of their more forgettable ideas Read Review, Woods resurface with a kaleidoscopic new album 'Strange To Explain' is made up of 11 new songs. Print edition only, Low-end synth tones throughout the album provide a melancholy aura that at times is given additional weight from Halstead's dreamy, wistful notes. The new album is called 'Strange To Explain… Singer-guitarist and founder Jeremy Earl also runs the rising Brooklyn label Woodsist, for whom the band releases their work. Strange To Explain is the eleventh studio album by American folk rock band Woods. Read Review, The New York psych-folk band makes a welcome return to form with a dreamy, unsettling, Mellotron-filled album that feels especially appropriate right now They will be releasing their follow-up to 2017's 'Love Is Love.' Read Review, What starts out as a great Woods record unfortunately peters out towards the end. Woods have released 11 albums, the latest being Strange to Explain.Pitchfork Media reviewed one of their previous albums, Songs of Shame, giving the band its "Best New Music" designation and describing the sound as "a distinctive blend of spooky campfire folk, lo-fi rock, homemade tape collages, and other noisy interludes, all anchored by deceptively sturdy melodies." Meneguar released three albums, beginning with I Was Born At Night (released on cassette in 2004 by Fuck It Tapes, on LP the following year by Magic Bullet Records, and reissued in 2006 by Troubleman Unlimited). Beats Per Minute, The beauty of the album is in that feeling of organic spontaneity, in the movements that suddenly depart and retreat into lightless caves before assimilating back into their icy harmonies Savage Mode 2, The sequel to the canonical Atlanta mixtape is meant to be a legacy-defining stamp, but despite all its glossy guest stars (Morgan Freeman! Just To Fall Asleep 8. 07 Just to Fall Asleep ... Woods, Angel Olsen Perform at Pitchfork Music Festival. It was released on May 22, 2020 under Woodsist. music OMH, Carpenter and Cunningham’s writing minds meld to create a phenomenal journey on Ohms Eleventh studio album from the American psychedelic folk rock band from Brooklyn, Fifteen years into a tirelessly curious evolution, the band sound more comfortable and surefooted here than ever before It presents an extended moment of sweet reflection for the 15-year-old band, bouncing back to earth as something hopeful and weird and resolute. by: Pitchfork; August 1 2013. [7] The group released two subsequent albums, Strangers in Our House (Release the Bats Records, 2007) and The In Hour (Woodsist, 2008) prior to shifting their focus full-time to recording and performing as Woods. Be There Still 11. Fifteen years into a tirelessly curious evolution, the band sound more comfortable and surefooted here than ever before. A lot happened in the three years between Woods' 2017 album Love Is Love and their 2020 follow-up Strange to Explain.Core members Jeremy Earl and Jarvis Taveniere worked closely with David Berman on his Purple Mountains album, the last music Berman would make before his death just weeks after the album's release. Before They Pass By 4. Savage Mode 2, The rapper-producer duo return with a gritty, cinematic experience that raises the bar DIY say he's "an absolute one-of-a-kind", The Line Of Best Fit reckon the 5th LP from the Detroit post-punk quartet "has the power of an exorcism" while Gigwise say it is "an emotional rollercoaster of a record, but one that is well and truly worth riding", The sequel to the canonical Atlanta mixtape is meant to be a legacy-defining stamp, but despite all its glossy guest stars (Morgan Freeman!