Sun and Shade - Woods
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  • Summary: Singer-guitarist Jeremy Earl and his band release their sixth full-length of sunny West Coast pop and folk rock.
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  1. Positive: 12 out of 17
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  1. Jun 14, 2011
    90
    Basically, Woods have put it all together on Sun and Shade, matching inspiration with performance and crafting their best record yet, one that will stand with the great folk-psych albums of the past 40 years, from the Notorious Byrd Brothers to the Rain Parade's Emergency Third Rail Power Trip to Either/Or to now.
  2. Jun 24, 2011
    80
    At their most stripped-back, Woods have always been arresting – but here they realize some of their most beautiful work yet.
  3. Jul 28, 2011
    80
    Jeremy Earl's endearing falsetto and excellent songwriting holds it all together. Aug 2011, p.107]
  4. Jun 14, 2011
    60
    The prettier recording wraps up songwriting that seems perfunctory and performances that sound tired by comparison to the psychedelic dervishes Woods first appeared as.

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