Sailing into the Sunset with Wooden Shjips

The psych band returns with the summery V.by Ben SalmonWhen Erik “Ripley” Johnson pitched his Wooden Shjips bandmates on recording their first album in five years, he did so gently.“What I proposed to them was the minimum commitment possible,” Johnson explains. “‘We’ll rehearse two or three weekends and go into the studio for five days. That’s all you have to commit to.’”The other three Shjips—drummer Omar Ahsanuddin, bassist Dust