Woods (band)

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Woods performing at Flow Festival in Helsinki, Finland in 2013
Background information
Origin Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres
Years active2005–present
Labels Woodsist, Shrimper
Members Jeremy Earl
Jarvis Taveniere
Aaron Neveu
Chuck Van Dyck
Kyle Forester
Past members John Andrews
Kevin Morby
G. Lucas Crane
Christian DeRoeck
Website woodsist.com/woods

Woods is an American folk rock band from Brooklyn, New York, [2] formed in 2005. [3] The band consists of Jeremy Earl (vocals, guitar), Jarvis Taveniere (various instruments, production), Aaron Neveu (drums), Chuck Van Dyck (bass), and Kyle Forester (keyboards, sax). The band's former bassist, Kevin Morby, left the band in 2013. [4]

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Woods have released 11 albums, the latest being Perennial. Pitchfork Media reviewed one of their previous albums, Songs of Shame , giving the band its "Best New Music" designation and describing the sound as "a distinctive blend of spooky campfire folk, lo-fi rock, homemade tape collages, and other noisy interludes, all anchored by deceptively sturdy melodies." [5]

Singer-guitarist and founder Jeremy Earl also runs the Brooklyn label Woodsist, for whom the band releases their work.

Early history

Prior to their initial output as Woods, founding members Jeremy Earl and Jarvis Taveniere, along with former member Christian DeRoeck, performed together in the band Meneguar, [6] in which Taveniere sang and played guitar, and Earl played drums. Meneguar released three albums, beginning with I Was Born At Night (released on cassette in 2004 by Fuck It Tapes, on LP the following year by Magic Bullet Records, and reissued in 2006 by Troubleman Unlimited). [7] The group released two subsequent albums, Strangers in Our House (Release the Bats Records, 2007) and The In Hour (Woodsist, 2008) prior to shifting their focus full-time to recording and performing as Woods.

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References

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  3. Sabbath, Chris (August 27, 2009). "Woods: Reworked quartet's 'Songs of Shame'", San Francisco Chronicle , p. F4. Retrieved on 2009-09-03.
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  8. ""Rain on Radio" | Forkcast Archive". Pitchfork. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  9. Smith, Barnaby (2011-07-28). ""Woods and Kurt Vile Release Split 7"". Music Feeds . Retrieved 2018-12-16. Tracklist: A1. Woods, “Skull”; A2. Woods, “Cold Blue”; B1. Kurt Vile, “Commercial Reject”; B2. Kurt Vile, “In/Out Blues”; B3. Kurt Vile, “Water Fingers”