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Songs We Love: Woods, 'Bleeding Blue'

Woods hadn't planned to make any new music in 2017, but after last year's election, the folk-rock band decided to focus on love.
Woods' new album, <em>Love Is Love</em>, comes out April 21.

hadn't planned to make any new music in 2017, happy to rest temporarily on the laurels of last year's excellent . Then the election happened, and the Brooklyn band found itself — like,don't directly reference politics or offer slogans or screeds. But they're clearly about the aftermath of Nov. 9, 2016, and figuring out how to live with a new reality.

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