Born of Brooklyn's ragged D.I.Y. scene in 2004, Woods began as a solitary recording project and grew over the next few years into a multi-dimensional and highly respected indie band. Over the years, the group branched out from their eerie, lo-fi, noise-folk beginnings to explore Ethiopian jazz and African pop influences on their 2016 album City Sun Eater in the River of Light and brought their uncommon hybrid approach to new levels of maturity while still remaining open to experimentation on efforts like 2020's Mellotron-heavy Strange to Explain and 2023's lush and loop-based ...