Wooden ShjipsBest Wooden Shjips Albums Ranked

V.

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7.3

“The dyed-in-the-wool psych-rock band returns with some of their most accessible songs to date, full of fuzz-pedal jams that capture moments of fleeting happiness in dark days.”

West (Deluxe Version)

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7.3

“Wooden Shjips turn the crunchy choogle of 1970s boogie-rock into isolation-chamber space-out fare. When it connects, that's a powerful formula. On West, the SF space-rockers make their biggest leap toward approachability, creating the first Wooden Shjips album your stoner uncle might not hate.”

Dos

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7.2

“Drawing on krautrock, Spacemen 3, and pretty much any music reliant on repetition, Wooden Shjips deliver on the promise of their debut EP.”

Back to Land (Deluxe Version)

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6.5

“Wooden Shjips’ fourth album heads further into the earthier direction of its 2011 predecessor, West, and casts even more radiant rays of Golden State sunshine onto the band’s once-foreboding hypno-drone-rock.”

Vol. 2

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6.3

“The San Francisco band issues a second set of odds and ends, demonstrating how it streamlines multiple strains of psychedelic rock.”

Vol. 1

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5.9

“One of the more rewarding experimental rock bands around, Wooden Shjips here collect their first three vinyl-only releases onto a 35-minute, single-disc LP.”