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Review: Woods - Songs of Shame (* * * 1/2)

May 6, 2009, 9:45am

Review: Woods - Songs of Shame (* * * 1/2)

I'm still not completely sold on the whole noise-rock movement, but it's apparently something I'll just have to get used to if not learn to enjoy. The list of bands playing everything from folk to metal drowned in feedback and distortion just keeps getting longer, and while it doesn't always appeal to me, I have found some compelling acts within the genre. Of course, noise-rock isn't new to this year or the last, but bands like Woods (and Wavves, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, No Age, etc. – for a complete listing, see Pitchfork [...]

Artists: Noise, Woods

Tags: review, Rock, Folk, noise, Woods, 3.5 Stars

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