With Light and with Love

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With Light and with Love
With Light and with Love (Front Cover).png
Studio album by
Woods
ReleasedApril 15, 2014
Genre
Length39:25
Label Woodsist
Producer Jarvis Taveniere, Jeremy Earl
Woods chronology
Bend Beyond
(2012)		With Light and with Love
(2014)		 City Sun Eater in the River of Light
(2016)
Singles from With Light and with Love
  1. "Leaves Like Glass"
    Released: January 2, 2014

With Light and with Love is the eighth studio album by the American band Woods, released on April 15, 2014 on Woodsist. [1] The album is the band's first following the departure of bass guitarist Kevin Morby.

Contents

The album was followed by a 7" and digital release of two non-album tracks, "Tambourine Light" and the B-side "Tomorrow's Only Yesterday". [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound C+ [5]
Exclaim! 7/10 [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 8/10 [8]
Paste 7.8/10 [9]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [10]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin 8/10 [12]

With Light and with Love received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 19 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Ian Cohen of Pitchfork Media gave the album a positive review, stating, "The versatility of Woods becomes more evident throughout the album, as they spread outwards rather than building upward: you get B3-infused soul (“Leaves Like Glass”), breezy psychedelia (“New Light”) and darker shades of American Beauty (“Shining”), giving jamband types, roots fans, folkies, indie kids and DIY fetishists a place to link up. “Breakthrough”, “masterpiece”, “bold leap”—those aren’t words that really seem applicable to With Light and With Love, or Woods for that matter, but they’re allowing themselves to be extremely likable for a larger crowd." [10]

Fred Thomas of AllMusic praised the album, stating, "The album is easily the most solid offering from the Woods camp to date, besting even the production of its incredibly strong predecessor and presenting the songs with even more clarity and interesting choices than ever before." [4] Carey Hodges of Paste also acclaimed the album, stating, "Even the most drawn-out, mind-bending stretches on the album serve a purpose, managing to avoid sounding like sonic filler." [9]

Philip Cosores of Consequence of Sound was more critical of the album, stating, "While With Light and With Love might sound more instantly accessible than previous Woods albums, it also shows that it might not be a good thing for Woods to tinker with their most defining quality: the intimacy of their songs." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Shepherd"3:16
2."Shining"2:31
3."With Light and with Love"9:06
4."Moving to the Left"5:22
5."New Light"2:46
6."Leaves Like Glass"3:31
7."Twin Steps"2:35
8."Full Moon"4:07
9."Only the Lonely"3:22
10."Feather Man"2:49
Total length:39:25

Personnel

Main personnel
Additional personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Woods Announce New Album With Light and With Love, Share "Leaves Like Glass"". Pitchfork Media. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  2. ↑ "Woods Share New Single "Tambourine Light", Announce Tour". Pitchfork Media. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  3. 1 2 "With Light and With Love – Woods". Metacritic. CBS Interactive . Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "With Light and With Love – Woods". AllMusic. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  5. 1 2 Cosores, Philip (April 18, 2014). "Album Review: Woods - With Light and With Love". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  6. ↑ Gormely, Ian (2014-04-14). "Woods - With Light and With Love". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  7. ↑ "With Light and with Love by Woods". Metacritic .
  8. ↑ "NME Album Reviews - Woods – 'With Light and With Love'". Nme.Com. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  9. 1 2 Hodges, Carey (April 15, 2014). "Woods: With Light and With Love: Music Reviews". Paste . Hearst Corporation . Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  10. 1 2 Cohen, Ian. Woods: With Light and With Love. Pitchfork Media. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  11. ↑ Fiander, Matthew. Woods: With Light and With Love. PopMatters. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  12. ↑ Zwickel, Jonathan (April 16, 2014). "SPIN Reviews: Gather 'Round the Fire, Woods Win Hearts 'With Light and Love'". Spin . Retrieved February 22, 2016.
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