{"product_id":"woo-whichever-way-you-are-going-you-are-going-wrong-lp","title":"Woo ‎– Whichever Way You Are Going, You Are Going Wrong (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: The Sunshine Series – SUN 1\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eCountry: UK\u003cbr\u003eReleased: May 1982\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Rock\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Minimal, Ambient, Acoustic, Experimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCosy, endearing home-brewed classic from\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ebrothers Mark and Clive Ives aka Woo.. big favourite! Original press on The Sunshine Series label (NM)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA year after Drag City’s reissue of their soft-hued bedroom psych gem 'It’s Cozy Inside', the Woo revival continues with an Emotional Rescue reissue of their similarly slanted and enchanted 1982 debut, 'Whichever Way Your Are Going You Are Going Wrong'. You may previously have encountered it four of five years ago on Mutant Sounds, who proclaimed ipast “absolute unsung genius...uncanny and weirdly affecting”, and certainly weren’t wrong. Both the original private pressing on the band’s own Sunshine Series and the subsequent re-release on Savage Republic’s Independent Projects label are much sought after, but collector’s cache of this album is secondary to its musical value - it really is a classic. Working with acoustic guitars, clarinet, rhythm box, keyboards, singing bowls, pixiephone and subtle processing, this is gloriously DIY, melancholic, avant-garde pastoralism that connects the dots between Pentangle, Gareth Williams, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Dif Juz and Robert Wyatt. From the cool summer breeze of opener, which sounds like a library-rock jam between Basil Kirchin and Vini Reilly, to the trippy, proto-techno drum ‘n Moog mantras of ‘Pokhara’ and ‘The Cleaner’, and mystic folk ruminations like ‘C.H. Revisited’ and ‘A Wave’, there isn’t a dull moment. The second half of the album goes deeper into dubwise Arcadian jazz, Mark Ives’ woozy treated woodwind taking centre-stage, and the one vocal cut, ‘The Attic’, is a stunning instance of wry, painterly, Eno-esque pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA1 Swingtime \u003cbr\u003eA2 Pokhara \u003cbr\u003eA3 C.H.Revisited \u003cbr\u003eA4 A Wave \u003cbr\u003eA5 The Cleaner \u003cbr\u003eA6 Wah Bass \u003cbr\u003eA7 The Attic \u003cbr\u003eB1 Razorblades \u003cbr\u003eB2 White And Whiter Still! \u003cbr\u003eB3 Wapping \u003cbr\u003eB4 Life In Shadows \u003cbr\u003eB5 The English Style Of Rowing \u003cbr\u003eB6 \"Whichever Way You Are Going,You Are Going Wrong\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Night Flight Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57368679514494,"sku":"ERC014","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/7755\/6791\/files\/IMG_5197_5f3d76aa-1ae6-4057-b6a8-ab72956f6295.jpg?v=1778067079","url":"https:\/\/allnightflightrecords.com\/products\/woo-whichever-way-you-are-going-you-are-going-wrong-lp","provider":"All Night Flight Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}