Woods
US BOOKING: john@groundcontroltouring.com / ground control touring
UK/EU BOOKING : steven@toutpartout.be / toutpartout
PRESS : danielmarkgill@gmail.com / force field pr
UK PRESS: : nita@goldstarpr.com / goldstar pr
BAND CONTACT: woodsfamilyband@gmail.com
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“The foundations of Brooklyn’s Woods lie in the small rear-house apartment bedroom of Jeremy Earl, who took to recording his eerily somber acoustic songs in 2005 as little more than a humble personal outlet. After two early albums and several singles which saw Earl still honing his sound, Woods released “Songs of Shame” in 2009 to widespread critical acclaim and offered the band a chance to develop their live sound on the back of a massive touring schedule. During this period, the live line-up solidified with the inclusion of multi-instrumentalist Jarvis Taveniere, bassist Kevin Morby and cassette-collage maestro G. Lucas Crane. While the band’s early recordings had mixed haunting folk and distorted sound-scape journeys, their new live show offered Kraut-rock inspired fugues and Crazy Horse-style romps, infusing Earl’s dirges with an off-kilter energy and a sense of looming chaos.
With their live sound now in place, the band released the equally lauded follow-up albums “At Echo Lake” and “Sun and Shade”, which continued to explore their signature mix of sun soaked pop and psychedelic meditations. All were released on Earl’s Woodsist label which, in addition to being the band’s home, has achieved an influential status in its own right, releasing records from Real Estate, White Fence and Kurt Vile, to name a few.
While creating their newest record, “Bend Beyond”, the band abandoned their usual recording process, which favored immediacy above all – some songs were recorded just mere minutes after their creation – and instead sought to capture elements of their dynamic live sound. To this end, Taveniere joined Earl in his upstate home in the Fall of 2011 and the pair produced the twelve song album, which features the epic title song, a recent centerpiece to the band’s live set.
While the core sound of Woods will always be Earl’s strikingly pure falsetto voice spilling dark secrets and twisted images, the group has never been content to coast on established formulas or sonic habits. With the recent addition of Aaron Neveu on drums to the live band, freeing up Taveniere to focus solely on guitar, the ever-evolving group has extensive touring plans for the Fall of 2012 to coincide with the release of Bend Beyond.” – Justin Sullivan
WOODS- Bend Beyond CD/LP/CS out on September 18, 2012
Bend Beyond
Cali In A Cup
Is It Honest?
It Ain’t Easy
Cascade
Back To The Stone
Find Them Empty
Wind Was The Wine
Lily
Size Meets The Sound
Impossible Sky
Something Surreal
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Woods – “Cali In A Cup” by forcefieldpr
Discography
Bend Beyond – CD/LP/CS (WOODSIST)
Sun and Shade – CD/LP/CS (WOODSIST)
At Echo Lake – CD/LP/CS (WOODSIST)
Songs of Shame – CD/LP – (WOODSIST / SHRIMPER)
How To Survive In/In The Woods – CD/LP (SHRIMPER)
RAM – 7″ (GILGONGO)
At Rear House – CD/LP/CS – (SHRIMPER / TROUBLEMAN UNLIMITED / WOODSIST)
WOODS FAMILY CREEPS – CD/LP – (TIME-LAG RECORDS)
Sunlit b/w The Dark – 7″ (CAPTURED TRACKS)
Songs of Shame – CD/LP – (WOODSIST / SHRIMPER)
At Echo Lake – CD/LP/CS (WOODSIST)
I Was Gone – 7″ep (WOODSIST)
Sun and Shade – CD/LP/CS – (WOODSIST)
Find Them Empty – 7″ (SACRED BONES/WOODSIST)
Woods/Kurt Vile Tour Split – 7″ (WOODSIST)
Woods/Amps For Christ Split – 12″ (SHRIMPER)
Cali In A Cup – 7″ (WOODSIST) -AUG 14, 2012
Bend Beyond – CD/LP/CS – (WOODSIST) -SEPT 18, 2012
UPCOMING SHOWS
WOODS MAY EURO TOUR
09/05/13 : Les Nuits de Botanique – Brussels (B)
10/05/13 : Vera – Groningen (NL)
11/05/13 : Pop Revo – Aarhus (DK)
12/05/13 : Pustervik – Gothenburg (S)
13/05/13 : Debaser – Stockholm (S)
14/05/13 : Debaser – Malmö (S)
15/05/13 : Stengade – Copenhagen (DK)
16/05/13 : Comet Club – Berlin (D)
18/05/13 : The Great Escape @ Pavilion Theatre(Uncut Stage)– Brighton (UK)
19/05/13 : The Lexington – London (UK)
20/05/13 : Indiestad @ Paradiso – Amsterdam (NL)
21/05/13 : Le Point Ephemere – Paris (F)
22/05/13 : Le Saint des Seins – Toulouse (F)
23/05/13 : Primavera Sound – Barcelona (ES)
now booking august euro tour. email steven@toutpartout.be if you are interested in booking a show.
16/08/13 : La Route Du Rock Festival – St. Malo (F)
18/08/13 : Greenman Festival – Powys (UK)
JULY U.S. TOUR WITH PARQUET COURTS
Sat-Jul-13 Boston, MA TT The Bears *
Sun-Jul-14 Portland, ME Space 538 *
Mon-Jul-15 Burlington, VT Signal Kitchen *
Tue-Jul-16 Montreal, QC Il Motore *
Wed-Jul-17 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern *
Thu-Jul-18 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
Fri-Jul-19 Chicago, IL Pitchfork Music Festival
Mon-Jul-22 Louisville, KY Zanzabar *
Tue-Jul-23 Charlottesville, VA Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar *
Wed-Jul-24 Philadelphia, PA Morgan’s Pier *
Thu-Jul-25 Baltimore, MD Ottobar *
Sat-Jul-27 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom #
* = w/ Parquet Courts
# = w/ Alex Bleeker and The Freaks
SEPTEMBER WEST COAST TOUR
Sun-Sep-22 Big Sur, CA Woodsist Festival @ Henry Miller Memorial Library
Sat-Sep-28 Pioneertown, CA Woodsist Festival @ Pappy and Harriet’s
