W00den Shjips - D0s

Holy Mountain / 2009f potential were a physical substance, it would've dripped like melted wax from Wooden Shjips' 2006 debut 10". The three-song slab of raw, noisy grooves was so bursting with ideas, it suggested a lifetime of musical possibilities. Follow-up singles took steps toward that promise, but the San Francisco quartet's first, self-titled full-length was a bit of a retreat. Vital elements-- repetitive bass, wiry guitars, droning keyboards, and ghostly vocals-- remained intact, ...

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