Brooklyn indie folk outfit Woods have announced plans to return with a new album, their follow-up to 2012's Bend Beyond and seventh LP overall.
Dubbed With Light and With Love, the record will be available on April 15 via Woodsist. While Woods have shifted their approach over the years, a press release promises "an expanded sonic palette that includes singing saw, heavier emphasis on percussion, and a saloon piano that sounds like it was rescued from a flooded basement. "
It also adds: "Distinct from both the stoned volk of their earliest recordings and the Kraut-y dalliances of more recent fare, With Light And With Love showcases a more sophisticated brand of contemporary drug music that owes more to Magical Mystery Tour than motorik."
Album track "Leaves Like Glass," a laid-back little slab of sunny vocals, breezy bass lines and driving organ, can be streamed below.
Also below, you'll find Woods newly announced North American tour, which includes Canadian stops in Toronto and Montreal.
With Light and With Love:
1. Shepherd
2. Shining
3. With Light and With Love
4. Moving to the Left
5. New Light
6. Leaves Like Glass
7. Twin Steps
8. Full Moon
9. Only the Lonely
10. Feather Man
Tour dates:
04/25 Philadelphia, PA - Boot and Saddle
04/26 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
04/27 Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
04/28 Asheville, NC - Mothlight
04/29 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade - Purgatory
05/01 Houston, TX - Mangos
05/02 Austin, TX - Austin Psych Festival
05/03 Dallas, TX - Club Dada
05/04 Lawrence, KS - Love Garden's 24th Anniversary Celebration
05/06 St. Louis, MO - Firebird
05/07 Chicago, IL - Subterranean
05/09 Toronto, ON - Great Hall
05/10 Montreal, QC - Il Motore
05/11 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
05/13 Portland, ME - Space 538
05/14 Boston, MA - Sinclair
05/15 Kingston, NY - BSP Kingston
05/16 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
Dubbed With Light and With Love, the record will be available on April 15 via Woodsist. While Woods have shifted their approach over the years, a press release promises "an expanded sonic palette that includes singing saw, heavier emphasis on percussion, and a saloon piano that sounds like it was rescued from a flooded basement. "
It also adds: "Distinct from both the stoned volk of their earliest recordings and the Kraut-y dalliances of more recent fare, With Light And With Love showcases a more sophisticated brand of contemporary drug music that owes more to Magical Mystery Tour than motorik."
Album track "Leaves Like Glass," a laid-back little slab of sunny vocals, breezy bass lines and driving organ, can be streamed below.
Also below, you'll find Woods newly announced North American tour, which includes Canadian stops in Toronto and Montreal.
With Light and With Love:
1. Shepherd
2. Shining
3. With Light and With Love
4. Moving to the Left
5. New Light
6. Leaves Like Glass
7. Twin Steps
8. Full Moon
9. Only the Lonely
10. Feather Man
Tour dates:
04/25 Philadelphia, PA - Boot and Saddle
04/26 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
04/27 Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
04/28 Asheville, NC - Mothlight
04/29 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade - Purgatory
05/01 Houston, TX - Mangos
05/02 Austin, TX - Austin Psych Festival
05/03 Dallas, TX - Club Dada
05/04 Lawrence, KS - Love Garden's 24th Anniversary Celebration
05/06 St. Louis, MO - Firebird
05/07 Chicago, IL - Subterranean
05/09 Toronto, ON - Great Hall
05/10 Montreal, QC - Il Motore
05/11 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
05/13 Portland, ME - Space 538
05/14 Boston, MA - Sinclair
05/15 Kingston, NY - BSP Kingston
05/16 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom