Wooden Shjips Announce More Tjour Djates
Posted by: Arzgarth on 1/26/2010 12:30:05 PM
Strap in for travels beyond the galaxy, to tranced-out cosmic bliss! Sick Thirst presents Vol 2, the second compilation of hard-to-find WOODEN SHJIPS tracks. Vol 2 digs deep to collect the band`s Sub Pop and Mexican Summer singles, two self-released European tour singles, and a track from Yeti magazine, for nearly 44 minutes of fuzzed-out psych jams.
Not just for completists, Vol 2 contains the essential live standards "Loose Lips," "Death`s Not Your Friend (Live)," and "I Hear the Vibrations" (the E-Z Version), plus savage covers of NEIL YOUNG`s "Vampire Blues" and SERGE GAINSBOURG`s "Contact."
WOODEN SHJIPS is a trance-rock quartet from San Francisco, consisting of Omar Ahsanuddin (drums), Dusty Jermier (bass), Nash Whalen (organ), and Ripley Johnson (guitar and vocals). Their sound is something akin to the icy garage rock of early ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN crossed with the sun-bleached tremolo-punk of THE SCIENTISTS. There are hints of krautrock, the trance-inducing organ haze of SUICIDE, VELVETS-style dance-drone, classic desert-fried garage psych, and the mysterious, obscure Japanese lysergic-rock band LES RALLIZES DENUDES, all mixed into one explosive whole. WOODEN SHJIPS has released two acclaimed LPs and a previous collection of rarities on cult fave record label Holy Mountain.
In 2010, WOODEN SHJIPS will embark on a March tour of Australia and New Zealand, including appearances at Lost Weekend Festival (AU), and Golden Plains Festival (AU). An April tour of the UK and Europe will be followed by festival appearances at ATP curated by Pavement (UK) in May and Roskilde Festival (DK) in July.
VOL 2 TRACKLISTING
Loose Lips
Start to Dreaming
Vampire Blues
Death’s Not Your Friend (live)
Contact
I Hear the Vibrations (E-Z version)
Outta My Head
SPRING TOUR DATES
06-Mar: Queensland, AU - Lost Weekend Festival
07-Mar: Victoria, AU - Golden Plains Festival
08-Mar: Geelong, AU - National Hotel
10-Mar: East Brunswick, AU - East Brunswick Club, with KIM SALMON AND THE SURREALISTS
11-Mar: Sydney, AU - Annandale
13-Mar: Auckland, NZ - Whammy Bar
14-Apr: Cork, IE - Crane Lane
15-Apr: Dublin, IE- Whelans
17-Apr: Glasgow, UK - Stereo
18-Apr: Leeds, UK - Brudnell
19-Apr: London, UK - Bush Hall, with THE HEADS
20-Apr: Brighton, UK - Freebutt
21-Apr: Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
22-Apr: Antwerp, BE - Trix
24-Apr: Athens, GR - 6 D.O.G.S.
25-Apr: Plovdiv, BG - Lebowski
11-May: London, UK - Brixton Academy with PAVEMENT, The Clean, Sic Alps and Broken Social Scene
14-May: Minehead, UK - ATP curated by PAVEMENT
For more information please contact woodenshjips@hotmail.com.