The Woolen Men share new track & announce Spring tour dates

[media][/media] The Woolen Men are three — two Oregon natives and a Washingtonian. They play punk influenced DIY music in the Pac-NW tradition of Dead Moon and the Wipers. More than a sound or style, that means a kind of work ethic — do-it-yourself and do it a lot. The band is happiest touring up and down the I-5 or bunkered in their practice space with the cassette 4-track rolling. And it shows. Live, the band is thunderous and energetic and the magnetic chemistry of the three of them playing together shines through in the recordings.

This self-titled album released by Woodsist Records is their debut LP, following a handful of largely self-released EPs. Instead of changing their technique of recording fast and loose to capture the live energy of their sound, they recorded and recorded and recorded until they had enough songs to make up an album only of material with that elusive spark of a great recording. The ten tracks here represent five different sessions, and as many songs made the cut as were left behind. The LP was made to endure, with little attention payed to current trends or “in” sounds — what matters to the band is that the songs are well written and executed with integrity. The whole thing was recorded to analog tape.

The Woolen Men are Alex Geddes, Lawton Browning and Raf Spielman. They live and work in Portland, OR. Raf previously released an album of solo material under his Polyps moniker for the Woodists sister label Hello Sunshine.

Tour Dates:

Feb 22 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
March 21/ Eugene, OR The Wandering Goat
March 22/ Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
march 25/ San Diego, CA Soda Bar
March 26/ Santa Ana, CA Unit B
March 27/ San Jose, CA The Usuals
March 28/ San Francisco, CA The Knockout
May 19/ Brooklyn, NY Shea Stadium
May 20/ New Brunswick, NJ Cooler Ranch
May 21/ Boston, MA O’brian’s
May 23/ Cleveland, OH Now That’s Class
May 24/ Chicago, IL The Burlington
May 25/ Bloomington, IN The Realm
May 28/ Little Rock, AK The White Water Tavern
May 29/ Austin, TX Beerland
June 01/ Athens, GA Farm 255
June 02/ Charlotte, NC Yauhaus
June 05/ Baltimore, MD Golden West
June 06/ New York, NY Cake Shop
June 07/ Brooklyn, NY Silent Barn

The Woolen Men
S/T
(Woodsist)
Street Date: March 5, 2013

1 Mayonnaise
2 Hold It Up
3 Submission
4 Her Careers
5 Hazel
6 Head On The Ground
7 I Was Wrong
8 Drunkard’s Dream
9 Magic Tricks
10 Ode To An Hour

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