Paradise

Paradise

• Wood Brothers- Paradise

Paradise is an album about longing and desire and the ways in which the pursuit of fulfillment<br>can keep it perpetually out of our reach a concept showcased on the album cover in<br>the image of a mule and carrot. The album is the Wood Brothers most sophisticated work<br>to date and also their most rocking, with bassist Chris Wood playing electric on tracks for<br>the first time. Recorded at Dan Auerbach s Easy Eye studio in Nashville, Paradise captures<br>the latest chapter in the ongoing evolution of a band and a family navigating the<br>joy and challenges of a life in music.<br>Dubbed masters of soulful folk by Paste, The Wood Brothers released their debut studio<br>album, Ways Not To Lose, on Blue Note in 2006. Chris Wood already had legions of<br>devoted fans for his incomparable work as one-third of Medeski Martin & Wood, while his<br>brother Oliver toured with Tinsley Ellis before releasing a half-dozen albums with his band<br>King Johnson. Almost a decade later and with drummer Jano Rix added as a permanent<br>third member, it s become quite clear that The Wood Brothers is indeed the main act.<br> Paradise follows the band s acclaimed 2013 release The Muse, which was hailed by<br>the New York Times for gripping vocals and by the LA Times for taught musicianship. <br>Though both The Muse and Paradise were recorded in Nashville, Paradise marks the<br>first album written with the entire band living in Music City.