For their new Wooden Shjips record, Ripley Johnson and Omar Ahsanuddin relocated up the coast to Oregon, where they wrote and recorded all the tracks for their upcoming LP Back To Land, due out November 12th on Thrill Jockey. Laid to tape over 11 days at Portland’s Jackpot Recording Studios, the sessions were engineered by Kendra Lynn and mixed by Larry Crane. Limited edition copies are available on opaque pink vinyl, packaged in “heavy duty old-style tip-on gatefold jackets”, and they can be found on the band’s merch table or via Thrill Jockey mail order. Wooden Shjips will play some live dates with the Chicago psych band Cave beginning in November, and will tour the US and Europe thru January. Check out the dates…
Fri Nov 8 Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle w/ Cave
Sat Nov 9 Detroit, MI – PJ’s Lager House w/ Cave, Bad Indians
Sun Nov 10 Toronto, ON – Horsehoe Tavern w/ Cave
Mon Nov 11 Montreal, QC – Casa del Popolo w/ Cave
Tue Nov 12 Boston, MA – Great Scott w/ Cave
Wed Nov 13 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge w/ Cave
Thu Nov 14 Brooklyn, NY – Knitting Factory w/ Cave
Fri Nov 15 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts w/ Bardo Pond, Creepoid
Sat Nov 16 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar w/ Purling Hiss, Arbouretum
Sun Dec 1 Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli (Le Guess Who Festival)
Mon Dec 2 Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumphuset
Tue Dec 3 Berlin, Germany – Berghain
Wed Dec 4 Cologne, Germany – King Georg
Fri Dec 6 Brussels, Belgium – Autumn Falls @ Salle Rogier – Brussels (B)
Sat Dec 7 Metz, France – Les Trinitaires
Sun Dec 8 Paris, France – Point Ephemere
Mon Dec 9 Brighton, UK – Audio
Tue Dec 10 London, UK – Scala
Wed Dec 11 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Thu Dec 12 Glasgow, UK – SWG3
Fri Dec 13 Belfast, UK – Menagerie
Sat Dec 14 Dublin, Ireland – The Grand Social
Thu Jan 16 Portland, OR – Doug Fir
Fri Jan 17 Seattle, WA – Crocodile
Sat Jan 18 Vancouver, BC – Electric Owl
Thu Jan 23 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
Fri Jan 24 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Sat Jan 25 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
Sun Jan 26 Santa Ana, CA – The Constellation Room
