Last week’s post on the Oops! tours referenced Woodsist records as the current heir apparent to late 90s Skingraft. I don’t mean musically–musically, the two labels couldn’t be more dissimilar. Woodsist releases remind me of the jewelled antler collective run through a blender built by Siltbreeze, whereas Skingraft releases just remind me of the blender. What I do mean is that both labels convey the sense of a greater musical movement, a dedication to a certain audiovisual aesthetic, and so on and so forth. Hell, there’s a loft in south Williamsburg called “Woodser”–maybe the label owns it and everyone bunks down together at night like the brady bunch.
Anyway, I checked the Woodsist website a couple of days back. Right now, the label is notable for releasing beloved albums by bands of the moment (Kurt Vile, Blank Dogs, Psychedelic Horseshit) and the past 15-30 seconds (Wavves, Woods, Thee Oh Sees, Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls). While any of these artists could be the individual subject of a post, this week’s guten morgan is about 3 artists whose albums are just now in the Woodsist pipeline: Fergus & Geronimo, Beach Fossils, and Meth Teeth. Each of these artists is only just on the verge of recording something really substantial, so for now, I’d recommend checking out their websites for songs that aren’t yet available as .mp3s.
Fergus & Geronimo: Classic surfy pop music with a raw, imperfect edge.
- Harder Than It’s Ever Been Harder Than It’s Ever Been
- Tell It In My Ear Tell It In My Ear
Beach Fossils: Slightly dreamier pop music. Wistful (I use that word a lot in my posts here) but driving.
Meth Teeth: Slightly more rollicking pop music. Unemployment Forever is a song title that nicely describes the many fears that haunt my dreams.
- Unemployment Forever Unemployment Forever
I saw a great Woods show at the Whitney last Friday. The band was joined by Yellow Fever, who I highly recommend checking out as well – http://www.myspace.com/yellerfever
Yeah, I was at that show myself. (it was great!). I guess Yellow Fever is composed of former Voxtrot and Carrots members. I don’t know whether the drummer position rotates or is temporary, and I don’t quite know what the deal is with the girl who (at least in the past) used to play guitar and sing harmony, considering she was in the audience at the Whitney and not on stage.
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I’ll add that live, Yellow Fever sound much more no-wave-y to me than they do on their myspace page. That might be there newer work vs. their older work, considering their records are surprisingly old (from at least a couple years back). A lot like Love of Diagrams or a sans-trumpet Erase Errata.
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As a side note, please observe how eerily the singer from Yellow Fever resembles Heather Lewis from Beat Happening. It’s scary.