Woods - At Rear House

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Woods is my favorite of today's folk groups. A good folk group has to keep their distance from too much electronic influence in their sound. Good folk should sound good around a campfire.

We find Woods in their sophomore album going away from the freak folk and more just spright folk with a darker sound. You have more of the electric side on tracks Be Still, which sounds like a Neil Young with Crazy horse track from '75. It's a slow down tone waltz that ends in a rusty guitar solo. Best song on the album by far. Don't Pass On Me foreshadows their sound-to-be. Then there are the acoustic lullabies like Hunover that really picks up at the end, and the quiet Bonetapper. What sets "At Rear House" part from their newer two is the diversity and dynamics.

The over all sound is half dark and fuzzy and half peaceful. It's the most organic output from the band.

Sounds Like

Neil Young and Crazy Horse + freak folk