San Fran trio Weekend have released the lead track of their upcoming November 9th debut LP Sports, and it is quite a rocking tune. The first ninety seconds of the post-punky “Coma Summer” build with pounding percussion to reach the grinding core of the song that flirts with being acerbic but never crosses the line. … Read more
If the topic of conversation is spiders, then the brown recluse is one of the most venomous eight-legged critters in the United States, and we here at Speakers in Code don’t ever want to encounter one of these creepy crawlies. If we’re talking music, however, then Brown Recluse is a beguiling six-person (twelve-legged) indie pop … Read more
Photo by Graham Tolbert “Baby Missiles” perfectly illustrates everything I adore about musical juxtaposition. ’80s synth pop mixed with country-rock? Yes, please. I’ll have that. The War On Drugs frontman, Adam Granduciel, has a purposefully wobbly delivery on “Baby Missiles” that reminds me a little bit of Mark Knopfler on Dire Straits’ “Walk of Life.” … Read more
After spending the bulk of the past year on the road in support of last November’s excellent LP, Sports, Weekend has since been hard at work on their highly anticipated followup effort. Prior to their European tour in July, the band spent three weeks in the studio recording tracks that would become an EP, now … Read more