"hush arbors AKA keith wood -
age unknown, no fixed address - who's probably best known so far for his auxiliary membership in such bands as six organs of admittance, sunburned hand of the man, and wooden wand and the vanishing voice. but wood's solo work may challenge what you might expect from a man with friends in such high, low and in between places. his perfectly moniker-ed band name may rightfully suggest tunes that often sound like a peaceful sort of secret. sweet and delicate songs featuring wood's unmistakable voice - equal parts neil young and al wilson - and adept fingerpicking occasionally give way to monstrous 'where-the-fuck-did-that-come-from' moments of visceral psychedelic damage. just as comfortable wringing deadly screaming leads from his guitar as he is coaxing gentle modern day country hymns to catatonia from it, wood is, first and foremost, a songwriter in the traditional sense. his songs will feel right at home during nights of quiet debauchery, as well as during those shame-filled mo(u)rnings after. keith is an increasingly vital artist who is sure to continue defying expectations and carving out a well-deserved place among the psych folk elite as long as he chooses to run."
-james jackson toth
===Discography===
hush arbors
*''If There Be Spirits Let Them Come'' [3"cdr](foxglove)
*''Hush Arbors'' [cd] (Digitalis)
*''Since We Have Fallen'' [cdr] (Digitalis)
*''Under Bent Limb Trees'' [cd](Digitalis)
*''Death Calligraphy'' [3"cdr](mymwly)
*''Cleaning The Bone'' [3"cdr](267 lattajjaa)
*''Since We Have Fallen'' [LP] Reissue (Harvest Recordings)
*''Landscape of Bone''[cd] (Three Lobed Recordings, 2006)
*'' live at the pilot light'' [cdr] (self released)
*'' live in sheffield '' [cdr] (blackest rainbow records)
*''Under Bent limb tree's '' [2 cd expanded reissue](digitalis 2007)
* '' row life '' [tape] (fuckittapes)
splits
*''hush arbors/north sea/terracid'' [cdr] (Barl Fire)
*''hush arbors/north sea'' [cdr] (foxglove)
*''hush arbors/wooden wand/satya sai'' [cdr] (self released)
*'' split 7" with voice of the seven woods '' (great pop supplement)
*'' split 7" with wooden wand "swappin' " '' (great pop supplement)
related
*''family lsd - last of the red hot lovers'' [cdr] (foxglove)
*''golden oaks - autumn testament''[cdr] (Digitalis)
*''golden oaks - paradise '' [cdr] (Barl Fire)
*'' golden oaks/botos split '' [cdr] (time-lag)
*'' hildegard - acte gratuit '' [cdr] (feed & seed redords)
*'' wooden wand - horus of the horizon '' [cd] (Three Lobed)
*'' six organs of admittance - days of blood ''[cdr] (self released)
*'' sunburned hand of the man - when the shit hits the jazz '' [cdr] (manhand)
*'' zodiacs - come & gone '' [cdr] (23 productions)
*''zodiacs - gone '' [cd] (holy mountain)
*'' sunburned hand of the man - double puberty '' [cdr] (manhand)
*'' sunburned hand of the man- zZz '' [cd] (ecstatic peace)
forth coming
*'' sunburned hand of the man - fire escape '' (smalltown supersound)
hush arbors "under bent limb trees" 2cd
This two CD set, housed in gatefold cardboard jackets, is the perfect embodiment of Wood's delicate take on shy melancholia that has one foot in the forest and one on a log fire, burning with passion. His experience as the go-to guy of not only Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance) but Massachussets God-botherers Sunburned Hand of the Man for live appearances has clearly set him in good stead for his own recordings, and this collection only serves to magnify his deft talent and unique voice.
Disc one features the whole of "Under Bent Limb Trees," newly remastered and sounding better than ever. The real prize is in the second disc, which features out-of-print, rare, and unreleased tracks culled from Wood's own collection and various limited and obscure releases.
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