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The Weakend
Posted by Rob Ortenzi on 13-Oct-05 @ 07:52 PM
HQ: Sterling Heights, MI
NOW PLAYING: How Everyone Ruins Everything And Vice Versa EP (SILENT MOVIE; silentmovierecords.com) THE STORY SO FAR: “The American Dream—college, career, marriage, kids, retirement—has never really been in our cards,” says the Weakend guitarist/singer James Walmsley. “The only thing we ever want to have to worry about is what chord/note/beat/melody/rhythm to play next.” That singular sense of purpose helped the Weakend craft one of the past year’s most engaging debut EPs with How Everyone Ruins Everything And Vice Versa, and it’s let them sharpen that disc’s soaring, progressive emo to a knifepoint on their upcoming album—which, Walmsley says, “will be put out by the label that shows the most interest.” WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW ’EM: When Walmsley tells AP, “We’re a fucking team,” he could easily be referring to the Weakend’s fanbase. After all, it’s that crew of diehards who’ve flooded AP’s mailbox for months about the still-relatively unknown band. With each new person that finds out about us, we become better and stronger,” he continues. “Our number-one priority as musicians has always been to write songs the way we want to write them. We don’t strive to write the same records we’ve already enjoyed, and we think people can respect that.” —Aaron Burgess YOU LIKE? YOU’LL LIKE: Boys Night Out / Taking Back Sunday / Circa Survive |
