West
by Wooden Shjips
- Type: Album
- Released: 13 September 2011
- Label: Thrill Jockey
- Country: United States
- Length: 37:42
- Community rating: 3.48/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The Californian quartet's fourth studio album, produced with Phil Manley, heavily refines their fuzzed-out psychedelic rock aesthetic. Driven by unyielding motorik drum loops, the record relies on hypnotic, minimalistic repetition and searing guitar leads to propel its heavy space-rock sound.
Genres
Descriptors: minimalistic, repetitive, noisy, droning, motorik
Tracklist
- Black Smoke Rise (4:13)
- Crossing (5:12)
- Lazy Bones (3:53)
- Home (6:08)
- Flight (7:07)
- Looking Out (5:57)
- Rising (5:09)
Credits
- Wooden Shjips - primary artist
- Sonic Boom - mastered by
- Heba Kadry - mastered by [additional]
- Marc McKinnie - photography by
- Phil Manley - recorded by, mixed by