Description:	CD on Sick Thirst
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Psychedelia / Space Rock
	Label:	Sick Thirst
	Price:	£13.19
	Availability:	Dispatched within 2-5 days (on average).

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...according to our Phil on 25 March 2010.

Mr Woody Wood Shjiper has a new compilation out of hard to get singles called Vol 2 (yes there was a vol 1...). This features the the Sub Pop 7", a couple of European tour singles, a track from a Yeti mag, the Mexican Summer 12" plus the odd alternate version/ live track which hasn't been out before. So for you eager beavers who got all the singles then you'll have most of this but there's a coupla bits here to keep you sweet should you want it... and I don't think any of these have been out digitally before. For me this volume isn't quite as strong as vol. 1... the production is cleaner and I prefer the more rough round the edges Shjips. Still there's some mint tunes on here and if you want more organ fuelled fuzzed out psyche rock these will make you shit your leg off.

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Sound clips for Vol.2 by Wooden Shjips: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Sick Thirst, ST007CD, £13.19.

What their label says...

Strap in for travels beyond the galaxy, to tranced-out cosmic bliss! Sick Thirst presents Vol 2, the second compilation of hard-to-find Wooden Shjips tracks. Vol 2 digs deep to collect the band's Sub Pop and Mexican Summer singles, two self-released European tour singles, and a track from Yeti magazine, for nearly 44 minutes of fuzzed-out psych jams. Not just for completists, Vol 2 contains the essential live standards Loose Lips, Death's Not Your Friend (live), and I Hear the Vibrations (the E-Z Version), plus savage covers of Neil Young's Vampire Blues and Serge Gainsbourg's Contact. Wooden Shjips is a trance-rock quartet from San Francisco, consisting of Omar Ahsanuddin (drums), Dusty Jermier (bass), Nash Whalen (organ), and Ripley Johnson (guitar and vocals). Their sound is something akin to the icy garage rock of early Echo & The Bunnymen crossed with the sun-bleached tremolo-punk of the Scientists. There are hints of krautrock, the trance-inducing organ haze of Suicide, Velvets-style dance-drone, classic desert-fried garage psych and the mysterious, obscure Japanese lysergic-rock band Les Rallizes Denudes, all mixed into one explosive whole. Wooden Shjips has released two acclaimed LPs and a previous collection of rarities on cult fave record label Holy Mountain. Their recordings and performances have received praise from well-regarded tastemakers, such as Tom Lax, Byron Coley, John Mulvey and David Fricke.