Hallock Hill

1 February 2009

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Wooden Shjips, “O Tannenbaum.”

Every once in a while something totally bizarre happens. Such as learning today that I went to school with these guys and that I’ve been listening to them for a while (via MySpace) oblivious to this. Here is a track the band gave away for free as a “holiday cassingle”:

http://www.woodenshjips.com/info.htm

Theirs is a heady concatenation of psychedelia and Krautrock, and to my mind they reach a hypnotic level as the textures build up. But it really defies any sort of categorization. Just give in to the sound.

Find more on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/woodenshjips

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