Wooden Shjips

Wooden Shjips is a space rock

Space rock

Space rock is a subgenre of rock music; the term originally referred to a group of early, mostly British, 1970s progressive and psychedelic rock bands such as Hawkwind and Pink Floyd, characterised by slow, lengthy instrumental passages dominated by electric organs, synthesizers, experimental...

/psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...

band from San Francisco, USA.

Their sound has been described as experimental, minimalist, drone rock, and "spacey psychedelic rock". They have been compared to Suicide

Suicide (band)

Suicide is an American electronic protopunk musical duo, intermittently active since 1970 and composed of vocalist Alan Vega and Martin Rev on synthesizers and drum machines. They are an early synthesizer/vocal musical duo....

, The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City. First active from 1964 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited...

, The Doors

The Doors

The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...

, Soft Machine

Soft Machine

Soft Machine were an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene, and helped pioneer the progressive rock genre...

and Guru Guru

Guru Guru

Guru Guru is a German Krautrock band formed in 1968 as The Guru Guru Groove by Mani Neumeier , Uli Trepte and Eddy Naegeli later replaced by American Jim Kennedy...

. They are currently signed to Holy Mountain records, whose artist roster also includes Six Organs of Admittance

Six Organs of Admittance

Six Organs of Admittance is the primary musical project of guitarist Ben Chasny. Chasny's music is largely guitar-based and is often considered new folk, however it includes obvious influences, marked by the use of drones, chimes, and eclectic percussive elements...

, Om

Om (band)

Om is a duo formed in 2003 by the rhythm section of the disbanded Stoner doom metal band Sleep. The band's first three albums feature Al Cisneros on vocals and bass and Chris Hakius on drums. Their music is similar in structure to Tibetan chanting....

, Mammatus

Mammatus (band)

Mammatus are a stoner or psychedelic rock band from Santa Cruz, California.-History:Mammatus formed in early of 2005, and played their first show at the Silent Planet in Corralitos on March 20, 2005...

and Daniel Higgs.

Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson also plays in a side project, Moon Duo, formed in 2009 with Sanae Yamada. They have so far released one EP (Killing Time, 2009, on Sacred Bones) and two albums (Escape, 2010, on Woodsist; Mazes, 2011, on Sacred Bones).

The group played the ATP New York 2010

All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)

All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....

music festival in Monticello, New York in September 2010 at the request of film director Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch

James R. "Jim" Jarmusch is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor and composer. Jarmusch has been a major proponent of independent cinema, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s.-Early life:...

. The group is currently working on their third LP, entitled West. It is scheduled to be released September 13 on Thrill Jockey

Thrill Jockey

Thrill Jockey Records is an American independent record label established in 1992 in New York City by former Atlantic Records A&R representative Bettina Richards.-History:...

Albums

(2007) Wooden Shjips
Wooden Shjips (album)
Wooden Shjips is the first studio album by space rock band the Wooden Shjips. It was released in 2007 on Holy Mountain Records, it has achieved high claim from many critics. The album's sound has been compared to that of bands such as the Velvet Underground, Suicide , and Guru Guru...

(Holy Mountain)
(2008) Vol. 1 (compilation of hard-to-find singles) (Holy Mountain)
(2009) Dos (Holy Mountain)
(2010) Vol. 2 (compilation of hard-to-find singles) (Holy Mountain)
(2011) West (Thrill Jockey)

Singles & EPs

(2006) Dance, California 7" (Sick Thirst) (clear vinyl)
(2006) Shrinking Moon For You 10" (Self-released)
(2007) Loose Lips / Start To Dreaming 7" (Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

)
(2007) SOL '07 7" (Sick Thirst/Holy Mountain) (first pressing 500 copies transparent red vinyl, second pressing 500 copies transparent blue vinyl)
(2008) European Tour Split 7" (split with The Heads) (Rooster Rock, Sick Thirst) (500 copies)
(2008) Holiday Cassingle cs (Self-released) (100 copies)
(2008) Vampire Blues 7" (Sick Thirst) (500 copies red sleeve, 500 copies white sleeve)
(2009) Big City (Demo) / I Believe It 7" (split with Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3 were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce. Their music was "colorfully mind-altering, but not in the sense of the acid rock of the '60s; instead, the band developed its own minimalistic psychedelia"...

) (The Great Pop Supplement) (limited edition, red marble vinyl)
(2009) Contact 12" (Mexican Summer) (550 copies white vinyl)
(2010) Oh Tennenbaum / Auld Lang Syne 12" (vinyl reissue of Holiday Cassingle) (Sick Thirst) (500 copies red vinyl green cover, 500 copies green vinyl red cover)
(2010) Tour Of Australia And New Zealand March 2010 7" (Sick Thirst) (730 copies)

Moon Duo

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