Wooden Shjips - "V." Discogs-Synced Among the many highlights are

Among the many highlights are "Last Nite" with it's insistent Motown backbeat and choppy Johnny Thunders-like guitar solo

Sting recorded the album over the last year with a coterie of trusted musicians beaming into his studio remotely

The album is produced with former collaborators Greg Kurstin

international DJ/producer Calvin Harris

the "Life Is a Long Song" EP

Wooden Shjips - "V." Discogs-Synced Among the many highlights areWooden Shjips, long time leaders of the contemporary psychedelic movement, expand their sound with V. The quartet of Omar Ahsanuddin, Dusty Jermier, Nash Whalen and Ripley Johnson augment their already rich sound with laid back, classic summer songs. The songs were written during the summer of 2017 by singer and guitarist Ripley Johnson as an antidote to the pervasive anxiety both political and natural. As Ripley tells it, "We had huge forest fires