Can't get enough of this
Droning bass, trippy guitar, continuous beat. Great psych!
This is exactly why we love diving into music—every once in a while, you stumble across something like this.
Released back in 2018, it’s only now hitting our radar. It’s a perfect reminder of just how much incredible music is out there, waiting to be discovered.
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Ripley (the main dude behind Wooden Shjips) now lives here in Portland and is currently moving in a more hippie, country psych direction (think 1970 Grateful Dead) and releasing music as the Rose City Band. He and his wife also formed Moon Duo, which was similar to Shjips but more hypnotic and trancey. I saw MD in 2019, and they had this really cool transparent tent that covered them and the stage. You could still see them, but lights would bounce and project psychedelic shapes, lines, and colors onto the walls of the tent. It was absolutely mindblowing. I have never seen anything like it done before or since!
One of my favorites! First EP West is even better.