Wooden Shjips

One of my favorite current bands. The Wooden Shjips are based out of SF. I had the great opportunity to see them slay at Bottom of the Hill in October. They have a slew of releases that are available right now, their S/T is killer, as are their vinyl. If you dig hypnotic drone this is your cup of tea. Sorta like Spacemen 3. I was wrecked out of my head on caffeine today trying to finish a few papers (which I did, thank you caffeine) and I threw the S/T on and it almost threw me into a primordial mush.
Heres a excerpt from the review I wrote on soundsect.com,
Wooden Shjips is a woozy, hypnotic monster of droning guitars, caveman beats, eerie keyboard melodies and sleepy hushed vocals. The album contains five tracks of pure droning bliss that swoons in a fierce, trance-like rhythm; which is both overwhelming and evocative.
Songs like “We Ask You to Ride” and “Losin’ Time” chug and hiss primitively before white shards of guitar noise sear your ear drums. Whalen’s organ shifts nonchalantly between fuzzed out spookiness and dirty boogie. “Blue Sky Bends” is all grimy swagger. Ahsanuddin and Jermier’s chunky rhythms sway coolly while Johnson takes off on a spaced out lingering guitar jam with subtle organ flourishes.
for the rest of the review head to www.soundsect.com. To Buy their shit (which I hope you do)
go here http://www.aquariusrecords.org/cat/w14.html

Heres a track off their out of print 10'' Shrinking Moon For You
http://www.mediafire.com/?czj9udj1o9j

More Band Info
http://www.myspace.com/woodenshjips

Shows:
Wooden Shjips
November, 14 2007 at Hemlock Tavern w/ Pink Reason and Psychedelic Horseshit
1131 Polk St, San Francisco

Final Word Red Whine and the SOL 7'' combined with head phones make the best combination.