Woods is an American lo-fi folk rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

 band from Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

, which formed in 2005.

The band's membership now includes singer-guitarist Jeremy Earl, tape-effects technician G. Lucas Crane, bassist Kevin Morby, and multi-instrumentalist Jarvis Taveniere.

Woods have released five albums, the latest being Sun and Shade

Sun and Shade

Sun and Shade is the sixth album by the American band Woods, released in 2011 on Woodsist.- Track listing :...

. Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...

 reviewed one of their previous albums, Songs of Shame, giving the band its "Best New Music" designation and described 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."

Singer-guitarist and founder Jeremy Earl also runs the rising Brooklyn label Woodsist

Woodsist

Woodsist is an American record label founded in 2006 by Jeremy Earl of the bands Woods and Meneguar. The label specializes in bands in the lo-fi and punk genre. The label has a sister label, Fuckittapes, which releases Woodsist releases, among others, solely on the cassette format.-Discography:*...

, for whom the band releases their work.

Discography

• How to Survive In + In The Woods (2006)
• At Rear House
  At Rear House
  At Rear House is the debut studio album by the American band Woods, released in 2007 on Woodsist.- Track listing :...
  
  (2007)
• Woods Family Creeps (2008)
• Songs of Shame
  Songs of Shame
  Songs Of Shame is the fourth album by the American band Woods, released in 2009 on Woodsist. Recorded by the band at Rear House.- Track listing :...
  
  (2009)
• Acoustic Family Creeps Play Live in the Woods EP (2009)
• At Echo Lake
  At Echo Lake
  At Echo Lake is a 2010 album by the band Woods. Pitchfork Media placed it at number 31 on its list "The Top 50 Albums of 2010".- Track listing :...
  
  (2010)
• Sun and Shade
  Sun and Shade
  Sun and Shade is the sixth album by the American band Woods, released in 2011 on Woodsist.- Track listing :...
  
  (2011)

Singles

• "To Clean" b/w "Rain On (Live On WVKR" (7″ Half Machine
  Half Machine Records
  Half Machine Records is an independent record label based in London, England. They have released 7" singles by Neils Children , MIT , Theoretical Girl and MIT's second single 'Good Book' ....
  
  , 2009) U.K. Issue
• "Sunlit" b/w "The Dark" (7" Captured Tracks, 2009)