Woods (band)

Woods
Woods
	Woods performing at Flow Festival in Helsinki, Finland in 2013
Background information
Origin	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres	Folk rock; indie folk; Psychedelic folk; neo-psychedelia; freak folk; jam band;
Years active	2005–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,^[1] formed in 2005.^[2] 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.^[3]

Woods have released nine albums, the latest being City Sun Eater in the River of Light. Pitchfork Media reviewed one of their previous albums, Songs of Shame, giving the band its "Best New Music" designation and described 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."^[4]

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

Discography

Studio albums

How to Survive In + In The Woods (2006)
At Rear House (2007)
Woods Family Creeps (2008)
Songs of Shame (2009)
At Echo Lake (2010)
Sun and Shade (2011)
Bend Beyond (2012)
With Light and with Love (2014)
City Sun Eater in the River of Light (2016)

Singles & EPs

"To Clean" b/w "Rain On" (Live On WVKR" (7″ Half Machine, 2009) U.K. Issue^[5]
"Sunlit" b/w "The Dark" (7" Captured Tracks, 2009)
"I Was Gone" - EP (12" Woodsist, 2010)
"Find Them Empty" b/w "Be There" (7" Woodsist, 2011)
"Cali in a Cup" b/w "Give Your Light Off" (7" Woodsist, 2012)
"Be All Be Easy" b/w "God's Children" (7" Woodsist, 2013)
"Tambourine Light" b/w "Tomorrow's Only Yesterday" (7" Woodsist, 2014)

Line-up

Current

Jeremy Earl - vocals, composer, guitar, twelve-string guitar, producer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums, percussion, engineer, bass guitar (2005-present)
Jarvis Taveniere - guitar, twelve-string guitar, electric guitar, composer, bass, producer, engineer, mixing (2005-present)
Aaron Neveu - drums, acoustic guitar, bass (2013-present)
Chuck Van Dyck - bass guitar (2014-present)
Kyle Forester - keyboards, saxophone (2016-present)

Former

John Andrews - piano, organ, musical saw
Kevin Morby - bass guitar (2009-2013)
G. Lucas Crane - tapes, keyboards
Christian DeRoeck - guitar

Gallery

Jeremy Earl on electric guitar
Jarvis Taveniere on twelve-string electric guitar
Kevin Morby (formerly) on bass guitar

References

^ Charlesworth, Jenny (August 27, 2009). "Woods offers a taste of the Brooklyn sound", The Georgia Straight. Retrieved on 2009-09-03.
^ Sabbath, Chris (August 27, 2009). "Woods: Reworked quartet's 'Songs of Shame'", San Francisco Chronicle, p. F4. Retrieved on 2009-09-03.
^ Noisey: Features - Morby's Midwest Heart
^ Murphy, Matthew (April 24, 2009). "Woods: Songs of Shame", Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on 2009-09-03.
^ ""Rain on Radio" | Forkcast Archive". Pitchfork. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2012-10-03.

External links

Official website

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[1] Charlesworth, Jenny (August 27, 2009). "Woods offers a taste of the Brooklyn sound", The Georgia Straight. Retrieved on 2009-09-03.

[2] Sabbath, Chris (August 27, 2009). "Woods: Reworked quartet's 'Songs of Shame'", San Francisco Chronicle, p. F4. Retrieved on 2009-09-03.

[3] Noisey: Features - Morby's Midwest Heart

[4] Murphy, Matthew (April 24, 2009). "Woods: Songs of Shame", Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on 2009-09-03.

[5] ""Rain on Radio" | Forkcast Archive". Pitchfork. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2012-10-03.

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