The foundations of Brooklyn's WOODS lie in the small rear-house apartment bedroom of Jeremy Earl, who took to recording his eerily somber acoustic songs in 2005 as little more than a humble personal outlet.

Bend Beyond' is certainly the most full W oods record yet; guitars weave and bubble across peppy drumming, but lyrically Earl is at his most direct and spare. While previous albums sounded like they went directly from Earl's brain to tape with minimal outside interference, 'Bend Beyond' is lush and full -bodied, the work of a band in perfect, heavy harmony.