Wooden Shjips: West - review

(Thrill Jockey)How important is the idea of the song to Wooden Shjips? Not at all, judging from the last track on their third album. Initially, it seems Rising is just more fuzzed guitars and narcotised vocals. Then it becomes apparent the percussion is backward: neat trick. Oh, and the voice is backward. In fact, Rising appears to be a whole song with the tape played in reverse: and so single-minded is Wooden Shjips' conception of their music that it's almost indistinguishable from the songs w...

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