If Wooden Shjips had until this weekend completely sailed under my radar, it could be explained by the fact that in their several years of existence, the San Francisco quartet had not played a proper NYC concert. On tour to support their latest release Dos, the band played a 92Y show on Friday, and headlined the Sacred Bones Records-curated and ToddP-produced show at 171 Lombardy on Halloween Saturday. At first blush, Wooden Shjips reminded me very much of the psychedelic acid rock of Black Mountain, but quickly veered towards a more trance and experimental take on the genre. The fuzzed guitars mixed equally with a Floydian organ are the centerpiece of the sound, and the tribal drums and chanted vocals are accompaniments. I was extremely impressed with Wooden Shjips and their too-brief forty minute set left us wanting more.
This set was recorded with the four-track R-44, and mixed two Neumann microphones set up at thirty feet with a stereo feed from the soundboard. Other than a brief segment of minor keyboard distortion in the early section of the first song, this is a fine recording. Enjoy!
Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)
Direct download of FLAC files [HERE].
Wooden Shjips
2009-10-31
171 Lombardy
Brooklyn, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix
Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2009-11-02
Setlist:
[Total Time 38:50]
01 I Hear The Vibrations
02 We Ask You To Ride
03 Loose Lips
04 Motorbike
05 For So Long
06 Death’s Not Your Friend
07 Vampire Blues
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Thank you for this!! I was gutted to miss their Boston show.
yeah, big thanks for this – great quality!
missed their show in Vancouver w/Bingen :)
love’em!
Many thanks Sounds fantastic
Thanks!
Here’s a video of a live performance they had in the middle of nowhere in France! Sweet
http://www.the-drone.com/magazine/wooden-shjips/
i almost went to this, but i took my chances with vice and got in. plus i went to the 92y show and ws only played 30min. effi briest is real good though. check them out.
Listening now, the mp3s sound terrific. Wish they would play Chicago, we’re still waiting [sigh….]
Thanx nyctaper for the nice work here!
Many thanks for a fabulous download. My wife and I saw them last year (2010) at The End of The Road Festival in the UK, and of course they were wonderful. Can’t wait for them to return.
We will have a new recording of them from Music Hall of Williamsburg from last week up shortly… Glad you enjoyed the set!