Since forming in 2005, Brooklyn's Woods haven't really wasted any time between releases. They have dropped an album each year following their 2006 debut, How to Survive In + In the Woods. So it wasn't much of a surprise when the lo-fi folk rockers announced plans for a new album less than a year after releasing 2010's superb At Echo Lake. Called Sun & Shade, it was recorded winter-to-winter in 2010 and 2011 with production assistance from Glenn Donaldson. He described the album the band's exploration into Kraut and West Coast-influenced sounds, with some psychedelic guitars and wild percussion thrown in for good measure.