Weaves shares "One More" via NPR + announces debut LP + tour dates
WEAVES SHARES "ONE MORE" VIA NPR
ANNOUNCES DEBUT LP ON
KANINE (US) / BUZZ RECORDS (CAN) / MEMPHIS INDUSTRIES (ROW)
PLAYING SXSW & TOURING WITH SUNFLOWER BEAN
Photo credit: Brendan George Ko"The construction is cerebral, but the songs come across as uproarious." - NY Times "Quirky, loud and mysterious, four amazing and downright fascinating players" - NPR "A Toronto-based foursome who bend pop tropes as if they're made of Silly Putty, Weaves' idiosyncratic songs play with genre and form while vocalist Jasmyn Burke's precisely calibrated alto (which takes cues from Siouxsie as much as Aaliyah) leads the way." - Rolling Stone
"'Tick' is a linear, locomotive rocker that mines post-Pixies indie gold sounds, but is destablized by Morgan Waters' bright, wobbly guitar lines, which shadow Burke's melodies like an eager-to-please stray cat following her down the street." - Pitchfork "They're easily the most exciting band I saw at CMJ." - Guardian "[Weaves'] effervescent brand of pop is super dizzying and intoxicating... this curious quartet can fashion earworms out of what appears to be pure sonic mishmash." - Stereogum "One More," the first single from Weaves' debut full length, premiered today on NPR. Showcasing the band at their most frenetic, the track is, according to frontwoman Jasmyn Burke, an assertion of independence. "Sometimes I'm bothered by female lyrical content that feels indirect or is only about wanting a certain thing," says Burke. "I think there's room for women to have a more individual voice in music and to be having fun rather than looking for their next love. It's ok for it to not to be that, and to be more independent. Maybe it's going out and getting drunk, and it's not like a fairytale, sometimes its more shitty and pizza and that's ok! That's gonna be life for a while!"
STREAM: "One More" -https://soundcloud.com/weavesmusic/one-more With the single the band have announced their signing to Kanine and Memphis Industries, who will be releasing the band's album in conjunction with Buzz Records on June 17th. In advance of the release the band will be heading to Austin for SXSW and touring in the US with Sunflower Bean. About Weaves: In a little over two short years, Weaves have gone from a collection of voice memos on Jasmyn Burke's iPhone to establishing themselves as one of the most stridently individual acts to emerge from the Toronto's fertile and multifaceted DIY scene. Led by the collaborative efforts of Morgan Waters and Jasmyn Burke, the band have built a devoted audience while capturing the attention of the international media with a brand of ebullient, art-damaged pop music as difficult to categorize as it is to ignore.
The group began in a series of sessions in the living room of Water's Chinatown apartment, where Waters and Burke would record increasingly elaborate demos built from Burke's phone full of songs. They transitioned to a full band line up in late 2013, adding bassist Zach Bines and drummer Spencer Cole, and quickly set to work recording their debut EP which was released on Buzz Records in the summer of 2014. The EP made an immediate splash, garnering praise from Noisey, Rookie and Spin, and earning Weaves a "band to watch" tag from Rolling Stone. Glowing write ups of the band's performances at that year's CMJ from The Guardian and NME followed, cementing Weaves' reputation as one of the year's most exciting new bands. Word continued to spread in 2015 with the release of their single "Tick," ahead of the band's first European tour, which included dates with Hinds, Dan Deacon and Pissed Jeans, and appearances at Glastonbury and Iceland Airwaves. With their already sterling live show only sharpened by their time on the road, the band returned to CMJ in October and emerged as one of the hottest acts of the festival, earning "best of the festival" write ups from NPR and The New York Times among others, and further building the anticipation for their forthcoming full length. Weaves have been working on their debut LP for almost as long as they have been a band, tracking with Leon Taheny (Dilly Dally, Owen Pallett, Austra) in sessions that span most of the last two years. Mixed by Alex Newport (Bloc Party, Melvins, At The Drive In) and mastered by John Greenham (Death Grips, Sky Ferreira), the result is an album that traverses the band's history, exploring every facet of their always adventurous approach to pop music and leaving no idea unexplored. Filled beyond bursting with hooks and possibilities, it's the sound of a band propelled forward by the thrill of discovering the limits of their sound and gleefully pushing past them. "We're always trying to push ourselves," says Waters, "sometimes it feels like bands aren't necessary, like they're not the one's pushing music forward, so I think we're trying to hopefully prove that bands aren't boring. If we are going to be a band and if we are going to do this guitar, bass and drums thing then we might as well see how much we can fuck it up."
Tour Dates
03/18, Austin, TX, Stereogum & EiS present @ Hole in the Wall (5:50pm) - SXSW03/19, Austin, TX, Beeswax & Hive Mind present @ Wonderland (6:00pm) - SXSW03/24, Los Angeles, CA @The Echo *
03/25, San Diego, CA @ Che Café *
03/26, Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place *
03/27, San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar *
03/29, Seattle, WA @ Vera Project *
03/30, Vancouver, BC @ Cobalt * #
03/31, Portland, OR @ Analog Café *
04/01, Nampa, ID @ The Flying M *
04/02, Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court *
04/03, Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
04/05 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *
04/06, Madison, WI @ The Frequency *
04/07, Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop *
04/09, Toronto, ON, Live in the Stacks @ Reference Library
* w/ Sunflower Bean# w/ Mild High Club
06/03, Mannheim, GER @Maifeld Derby
06/04, Nimes, FR @ This is Not a Love Song
06/14-17, Southwold, UK @ Latitude Festival
06/24, Oslo, NOR @ Piknik I Parken07/21-24, Huntington, UK @ Secret Garden Party
09/02-04, Salisbury, UK @ End of the Road Festival
ANNOUNCES DEBUT LP ON
KANINE (US) / BUZZ RECORDS (CAN) / MEMPHIS INDUSTRIES (ROW)
PLAYING SXSW & TOURING WITH SUNFLOWER BEAN
Photo credit: Brendan George Ko"The construction is cerebral, but the songs come across as uproarious." - NY Times "Quirky, loud and mysterious, four amazing and downright fascinating players" - NPR "A Toronto-based foursome who bend pop tropes as if they're made of Silly Putty, Weaves' idiosyncratic songs play with genre and form while vocalist Jasmyn Burke's precisely calibrated alto (which takes cues from Siouxsie as much as Aaliyah) leads the way." - Rolling Stone
"'Tick' is a linear, locomotive rocker that mines post-Pixies indie gold sounds, but is destablized by Morgan Waters' bright, wobbly guitar lines, which shadow Burke's melodies like an eager-to-please stray cat following her down the street." - Pitchfork "They're easily the most exciting band I saw at CMJ." - Guardian "[Weaves'] effervescent brand of pop is super dizzying and intoxicating... this curious quartet can fashion earworms out of what appears to be pure sonic mishmash." - Stereogum "One More," the first single from Weaves' debut full length, premiered today on NPR. Showcasing the band at their most frenetic, the track is, according to frontwoman Jasmyn Burke, an assertion of independence. "Sometimes I'm bothered by female lyrical content that feels indirect or is only about wanting a certain thing," says Burke. "I think there's room for women to have a more individual voice in music and to be having fun rather than looking for their next love. It's ok for it to not to be that, and to be more independent. Maybe it's going out and getting drunk, and it's not like a fairytale, sometimes its more shitty and pizza and that's ok! That's gonna be life for a while!"
STREAM: "One More" -https://soundcloud.com/weavesmusic/one-more With the single the band have announced their signing to Kanine and Memphis Industries, who will be releasing the band's album in conjunction with Buzz Records on June 17th. In advance of the release the band will be heading to Austin for SXSW and touring in the US with Sunflower Bean. About Weaves: In a little over two short years, Weaves have gone from a collection of voice memos on Jasmyn Burke's iPhone to establishing themselves as one of the most stridently individual acts to emerge from the Toronto's fertile and multifaceted DIY scene. Led by the collaborative efforts of Morgan Waters and Jasmyn Burke, the band have built a devoted audience while capturing the attention of the international media with a brand of ebullient, art-damaged pop music as difficult to categorize as it is to ignore.
The group began in a series of sessions in the living room of Water's Chinatown apartment, where Waters and Burke would record increasingly elaborate demos built from Burke's phone full of songs. They transitioned to a full band line up in late 2013, adding bassist Zach Bines and drummer Spencer Cole, and quickly set to work recording their debut EP which was released on Buzz Records in the summer of 2014. The EP made an immediate splash, garnering praise from Noisey, Rookie and Spin, and earning Weaves a "band to watch" tag from Rolling Stone. Glowing write ups of the band's performances at that year's CMJ from The Guardian and NME followed, cementing Weaves' reputation as one of the year's most exciting new bands. Word continued to spread in 2015 with the release of their single "Tick," ahead of the band's first European tour, which included dates with Hinds, Dan Deacon and Pissed Jeans, and appearances at Glastonbury and Iceland Airwaves. With their already sterling live show only sharpened by their time on the road, the band returned to CMJ in October and emerged as one of the hottest acts of the festival, earning "best of the festival" write ups from NPR and The New York Times among others, and further building the anticipation for their forthcoming full length. Weaves have been working on their debut LP for almost as long as they have been a band, tracking with Leon Taheny (Dilly Dally, Owen Pallett, Austra) in sessions that span most of the last two years. Mixed by Alex Newport (Bloc Party, Melvins, At The Drive In) and mastered by John Greenham (Death Grips, Sky Ferreira), the result is an album that traverses the band's history, exploring every facet of their always adventurous approach to pop music and leaving no idea unexplored. Filled beyond bursting with hooks and possibilities, it's the sound of a band propelled forward by the thrill of discovering the limits of their sound and gleefully pushing past them. "We're always trying to push ourselves," says Waters, "sometimes it feels like bands aren't necessary, like they're not the one's pushing music forward, so I think we're trying to hopefully prove that bands aren't boring. If we are going to be a band and if we are going to do this guitar, bass and drums thing then we might as well see how much we can fuck it up."
Tour Dates
03/18, Austin, TX, Stereogum & EiS present @ Hole in the Wall (5:50pm) - SXSW03/19, Austin, TX, Beeswax & Hive Mind present @ Wonderland (6:00pm) - SXSW03/24, Los Angeles, CA @The Echo *
03/25, San Diego, CA @ Che Café *
03/26, Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place *
03/27, San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar *
03/29, Seattle, WA @ Vera Project *
03/30, Vancouver, BC @ Cobalt * #
03/31, Portland, OR @ Analog Café *
04/01, Nampa, ID @ The Flying M *
04/02, Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court *
04/03, Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
04/05 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *
04/06, Madison, WI @ The Frequency *
04/07, Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop *
04/09, Toronto, ON, Live in the Stacks @ Reference Library
* w/ Sunflower Bean# w/ Mild High Club
06/03, Mannheim, GER @Maifeld Derby
06/04, Nimes, FR @ This is Not a Love Song
06/14-17, Southwold, UK @ Latitude Festival
06/24, Oslo, NOR @ Piknik I Parken07/21-24, Huntington, UK @ Secret Garden Party
09/02-04, Salisbury, UK @ End of the Road Festival
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