When we asked lo-fi folk-rockers Woods if we could crash their Bushwick, Brooklyn house they were all for it—we just had to bring the booze. Luckily, we happened to have a few bottles of Root in the office, a new, easy-sipping herbal liquor based on centuries-old recipes for root beer when it was still called “root tea” and it could still get you drunk. You never saw two bottles of 80-proof disappear so fast.

What do you guys think of this Root stuff?
G. LUCAS CRANE: Who’s the guy who said, “You know, this is pretty good, but it would be even better without alcohol”?

I think it was a temperance thing.
KEVIN MORBY: It makes me warm inside.
GLC: It makes me want to touch my face. Do you have another bottle back there somewhere?

What’s the Woods’ drink of choice?
JARVIS TAVENIERE: We’re all IPA guys—and whiskey gingers.
JEREMY EARL: This summer was a vodka martini summer, but when it comes down to it, a nice IPA.

This place kind of feels like a log cabin. Are you trying to cultivate a woodsy vibe?
JT: Probably not on purpose…but yes.

Do you enjoy city life?
JE: I enjoy it in small doses. I spend most of the week upstate now.

What’s life like upstate?
KM: He whittles sticks, hunts squirrels
JE: Swimming holes, chopping wood, bluegrass band on MySpace.
GLC: Cooking with fire. Don’t know what pizza is.
JT: Cultivates his beard.
GLC: Hunt, fish, gather, enjoy Bud Light.

Besides Jeremy, are all the cool people moving to Brooklyn?
GLC: I’m from Brooklyn, and that’s fucking weird, and no one likes that.

You’re big on putting out tapes. What about 8-track?
GLC: Sales would be low. You’d have to release an 8-track player at the same time.
JE: We’ll just start selling cars with 8-tracks.

What are you looking forward to on your upcoming UK/Ireland tour?
GLC: Beer. English breakfast. English people!
KM: The accents.
JT: Scotland!
GLC: Ireland!
JE: Definitely Dublin.

What’s the typical Woods-tour drink situation?
JE: You need to start with a cup of kick-ass coffee, and Starbucks is the only thing you’re gonna get in the middle of the country.
GLC: And then it’s off to Whole Foods, because if you drink all night, the only thing that’s gonna save your ass is a salad.
JE: From there it’s whatever the club gives us for free.