Songs of Shame

by Woods

Songs of Shame cover art

Operating as a defining release for the late-2000s Brooklyn DIY scene, this album blends incredibly catchy, falsetto-driven acoustic pop with extended, screeching tape-delay noise jams. The production is aggressively lo-fi, capturing a loose, sun-baked campfire atmosphere that occasionally dissolves into pure feedback. It established the group as the premier torchbearers for the modern freak-folk and cassette-underground movement.

Genres

  • Psychedelic Folk
  • Slacker Rock

Tracklist

  1. To Clean
  2. The Hold
  3. The Number
  4. September With Pete
  5. Down This Road
  6. Military Madness
  7. Born to Lose
  8. Echo Lake
  9. Rain On
  10. Gypsy Hand
  11. Where and What are You?