So let’s maybe ditch the lysergic cliches for a minute and get down to the facts about Wooden Shjips:
- Some of Wooden Shjips’ songs are very long. Also, they often include guitar solos.
- Wooden Shjips have a few songs that sound like The Doors. However, it has been proven, scientifically, that these Wooden Shjips songs are superior to most (but not all) songs written by The Doors.
- Guitarist/vocalist Ripley Johnson has a very intimidating beard (I cannot guarantee that he will have the beard at the show).
- Wooden Shjips frequently release physical records, yet press them only in limited quantities (around 500-600 copies). Thus the band is in the enviable position of having its records be constantly in demand, despite the group’s relatively limited popularity.
That is all.
Wooden Shjips w/ Black Whales, Buildings Sun., 10/25 @ The Red and the Black 9 p.m. $8 1212 H Street, NE