| ‘So Far Gone‘, the latest track from Weird Nightmare, the electrifying new project from METZ guitarist and singer Alex Edkins is now available for your listening pleasure on all digital service providers. The single is an exuberant blast of fun-as-hell, melodic indie rock that mixes equal parts Replacements, Teenage Fanclub, and Edkins’ own METZ-ian snarl. This stand-alone track follows the double A-Side split, ‘I Think You Know‘ w/ ‘Bird With an Iron Head‘ with friends Ancient Shapes, and the self-titled debut full-length released earlier this year, which was aptly described by The Quietus as “…an irresistibly euphoric blast of feedback spattered garage-pop that is just what the doctor ordered to chase away any lingering post-lockdown blues.” Weird Nightmare will play a few Canadian shows later this week with Ancient Shapes, as well as a batch of US dates w Archers of Loaf, both before and then after Edkins heads out on a special 10 Years Anniversary Tour on the US west coast w/ METZ in December. See further below for a full list of dates. ‘So Far Gone’ single art (click for hi-res)Weird Nightmare is now available on CD/LP/CS/DSPs from Sub Pop. The LP’s limited Loser edition, which is packaged in a special embossed jacket with semi-transparent obi-strip along the spine, can be purchased from megamart.sub pop.com, select independent retailers in North America, and at Weird Nightmare live shows. In the UK, and in EU, the Loser edition is available on clear coke bottle vinyl (both while supplies last).Weird Nightmare – Weird Nightmare // Sub Pop – Out Now1. Searching for You 2. Nibs 3. Lusitania 4. Wrecked (ft. Bully) 5. Sunday Driver 6. Darkroom 7. Dream 8. Zebra Dance 9. Oh No (ft. Chad VanGaalen) 10. Holding Out (click album art for hi-res) What people have been saying about Weird Nightmare: “The debut Weird Nightmare album from METZ guitarist/vocalist Alex Edkins is a hook-filled set of blown-out power-pop with distorted guitars, punchy rhythms and bright pop melodies.” – KEXP “The tension between chaos and order sparks gripping theater on songs like ‘Searching for You’, a descendant of ‘Anarchy in the UK’, the grunge-inclined ‘Lusitania’ and the atypical, eight-minute ballad ‘Holding Out’, which suggests an angsty sleepwalker. Whatever the groove, Edkins sounds like a man on the verge of spontaneous combustion.” – The Big Takeover “Weird Nightmare is all about hooks and melody. Still delivered with levels in the red, but these are ultracatchy powerpop songs first and foremost, and really good ones at that.” – Brooklyn Vegan “Weird Nightmare is Alex Edkins giving us an access all areas pass to his creative process. It’s an invite no-one should decline.” – Northern Transmissions “Weird Nightmare isn’t something that will have listeners running away or falling asleep. Edkins’s 10-song tracklist is a fun, energetic and zany concoction of sounds and textures that recall his main band while simultaneously taking things in fresh directions.” – Exclaim! “If having fun and being free was what Edkins most wanted to come through on the recording of Weird Nightmare, he undoubtedly achieved it on his delightfully distorted and warped debut solo album.” – Exclaim! “On the 10 tracks that comprise the project’s self-titled Sub Pop debut, Edkins revels in magnetic hooks and brighter, sunny melodies, exploring explicitly an aspect of his songwriting that had previously been mostly implicit.” – Treble “…Weird Nightmare will bring a little noisy sunshine to your day.” – Narc Tour dates:Weird Nightmare/Ancient Shapes Nov 17th | Hamilton, ON – Casbah Nov 18th | Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace Nov 19th | St. Catherines, ON – Warhorse Weird Nightmare supporting Archers of Loaf Nov 29th | Baltimore, MD – Ottobar Nov 30th | Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts Dec 1st | Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair Dec 2nd | Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw Jan 11th | Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace Jan 12th | Detroit, MI – El Club Jan 13th | Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge Jan 14th | St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall Jan 15th | Nashville, TN – Basement East METZ 10 Years Anniversary Tour Dates: Dec 7th | Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar # Dec 8th | Los Angeles, CA- Teragram Ballroom # Dec 9th | Oakland, CA – New Parish # Dec 11th | Seattle, WA – Neumos # Dec 12th | Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge # Dec 15th | St. Paul, MN – Turf Club * Dec 16th | Chicago, IL – Metro * # w/ Kowloon Walled City * w/ Spiritual Cramp |
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Chief, the one that bugs the team for team for their reviews and images. Creator and founder of The Bristol Gig Guide. Can usually be found swamped in admin or getting cramp kneeling at the front of a gig.
Available for: Gig Shoots, Gig Reviews, Photo Shoots, Album and Single cover shoots, Videography work, Interviews and Touring
First attended gig: Republica, circa 1996.
First gig shot: Hands Off Gretel, at The Louisiana!
Dream gig: Huge metalhead and my ultimate dream gig would be shooting my heroes Slipknot at a huge stadium gig, or as festival headliners. And to experience shooting a headline tour outside the UK
