Woods, 'Songs of Shame' (Shrimper/Woodsist)

Heartfelt, homespun warblers stomp freak pedal.

Woods may move in fuzzy lo-fi circles (frontman Jeremy Earl runs the Fuckittapes and Woodsist labels, which have released records by Wavves, Psychedelic Horseshit, and Blank Dogs), but the Brooklyn foursome’s classic melodies don’t take a Dustbuster to uncover. With a squeaky Neil Young falsetto, backed by shambly wah-wah guitar and mop-bucket percussion, Earl chirps blithely inscrutable lyrics through a strand of airy, bedroom-psych pearls. The wobbly, ten-minute “September With Pete” outlasts itself by half, but folk-pop bookends “The Number” and “Rain On” balance the sag.

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Anonymous

best album of the year for me.

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