Woods’ brand of pop shamanism has undergone several gradual transformations over their past few albums, but on With Light And With Love, the tinkering reveals an expanded sonic palette that includes singing saw, heavier emphasis on percussion, and a saloon piano that sounds like it was rescued from a flooded basement. Distinct from both the stoned volk of their earliest recordings and the Kraut-y dalliances of more recent fare, With Light And With Love showcases a more sophisticated brand of contemporary drug music that owes more to Magical Mystery Tour than motorik. If you’ve ever thought of Woods as a pop group comprised of weirdos, or a weirdo band that happens to excel at playing pop songs almost in spite of itself, With Light And With Love provides a corrective in the form of songs that show these two elements as natural, inextricable bedfellows. Throughout the album, vocals are frequently emitted through Leslie speakers and guitars perform one-string ragas like Sandy Bull reared on shoegaze and skate videos. With Light And With Love is an album of deeply psychedelic, deeply satisfying songs for a new age of searchers, of Don Juan and Animal Chin alike.
– James Toth

Fri-Apr-25     Philadelphia, PA     Boot and Saddle
Sat-Apr-26     Washington, DC     Rock and Roll Hotel
Sun-Apr-27     Richmond, VA     Strange Matter
Mon-Apr-28     Asheville, NC     Mothlight
Tue-Apr-29     Atlanta, GA     Masquerade – Purgatory
Thu-May-01     Houston, TX     Mangos
Fri-May-02     Austin, TX     Austin Psych Festival
Sat-May-03     Dallas, TX     Club Dada
Sun-May-04     Lawrence, KS     Love Garden’s 24th Anniversary Celebration @ Seed Co. Studios
Tue-May-06     St Louis, MO     Off Broadway
Wed-May-07     Chicago, IL     Subterranean
Fri-May-09     Toronto, ON     Great Hall / Canadian Music Week
Sat-May-10     Montreal, QC     Cabaret Playhouse
Sun-May-11     Burlington, VT     Higher Ground
Tue-May-13     Portland, ME     Space Gallery
Wed-May-14     Boston, MA     Sinclair
Thu-May-15     Kingston, NY     BSP Kingston
Fri-May-16     New York, NY     Bowery Ballroom

Woods
With Light and With Love
(Woodsist)
Street Date: April 15, 2014
Formats: CD/LP/CS/DL

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