Woods’ brand of pop shamanism has undergone several gradual transformations over their past few albums, but on With Light And With Love, the tinkering reveals an expanded sonic palette that includes singing saw, heavier emphasis on percussion, and a saloon piano that sounds like it was rescued from a flooded basement. Distinct from both the stoned volk of their earliest recordings and the Kraut-y dalliances of more recent fare, With Light And With Love showcases a more sophisticated brand of contemporary drug music that owes more to Magical Mystery Tour than motorik.

If you’ve ever thought of Woods as a pop group comprised of weirdos, or a weirdo band that happens to excel at playing pop songs almost in spite of itself, With Light And With Love provides a corrective in the form of songs that show these two elements as natural, inextricable bedfellows. Throughout the album, vocals are frequently emitted through Leslie speakers and guitars perform one-string ragas like Sandy Bull reared on shoegaze and skate videos. With Light And With Love is an album of deeply psychedelic, deeply satisfying songs for a new age of searchers, of Don Juan and Animal Chin alike. [James Toth]

Past Shows


Apr
26
th
2016
Turf Club
Apr
26
th
2016
Turf Club

Woods

with Ultimate Painting
Jul
28
th
2014
7th St Entry
Jul
28
th
2014
7th St Entry

Woods

with Quilt
Oct
6
th
2012
Turf Club
Oct
6
th
2012
Turf Club

Woods

with Hollow Boys and Purling Hiss
Jul
18
th
2011
7th St Entry
Jul
18
th
2011
7th St Entry

Woods and the Fresh & Onlys

with Me and My Arrow

More Shows

May
7
th
Fine Line

Magnolia Park

with Hot Milk, Savage Hands and South Arcade
Apr
5
th
Amsterdam Bar & Hall

Rebecca Black

with Blue Hawaii
Apr
3
rd
7th St Entry

The Army, The Navy

with Aggie Miller
Jul
16
th
Orpheum Theatre

The Swell Season