{"product_id":"weird-nightmare-weird-nightmare-coke-bottle-clear-coloured-vinyl","title":"Weird Nightmare - Weird Nightmare [Coke Bottle Clear coloured vinyl]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Coloured Vinyl Loser Edition LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: SP1475 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 0098787147513\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 13 May 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIndie\/Alternative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e If you’re looking for a raw, sugary blast of distorted pop, look no further than ‘Weird Nightmare’. The debut album from METZ guitarist and vocalist Alex Edkins contains all of his main band’s bite with an unexpected, yet totally satisfying, sweetness. Imagine The Amps covering Big Star, or the gloriously hissy miniature epics of classic-era Guided by Voices combined with the bombast of ‘Copper Blue’- era Sugar - just tons of red-line distortion cut with the type of tunecraft that thrills the moment it hits your ears.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e These ten songs showcase a new side of Edkins’ already-established songwriting, but even though the bulk of ‘Weird Nightmare’ was recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic, some of its tunes date back to 2013 in demo form. “Hooks and melody have always been a big part of my writing, but they really became the main focus this time” he explains. “It was about doing what felt\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003enatural.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e To be clear: Weird Nightmare is not a ‘pandemic album’, but an album - some of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhich had been gestating for quite a while - that just so happened to be recorded during the pandemic. “I had always planned on finishing these songs, but being unable to tour with METZ, and forced to lock down, really gave me a push.” After\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edays spent homeschooling his son, Edkins would drive to the METZ rehearsal\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eroom and tinker deep into the night on these songs’ deceptively simple structures and rich, static-laden textures. “It was a godsend for me,” he states about the creative process. “The hours would disappear and I would get lost in the music and record. It was a beautiful escape.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ‘Weird Nightmare’ is, in its own way, a study in extremes: Edkins’ melodic\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einstincts and penchant for dissonance are both turned up to the max throughout, the latter reflecting not only the barn-burning tendencies of METZ, but Alex’s own\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esonic predilections. “It doesn’t sound right to my ears until it’s pushed over the edge.” He also cites other artists who are masterful at mixing the sublime and the punishing - Kim Deal and Scout Niblett among them - as influences on his own songwriting. “My favorite songs are the simple ones,” he explains. “I’ve never been attracted to virtuosity or technicality. Certain songs have the power to lift your spirits like nothing else can. I wanted to create that type of song.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e A few guests pitch in on Weird Nightmare: Canadian alt-pop genius Chad VanGaalen adds his unmistakable touch to the ever-escalating ‘Oh No’, while Alicia Bognanno of Bully lends her distinctive pipes to the thrashing ‘Wrecked’, a collaboration that effectively saved the song. “I almost didn’t put it on the album\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebecause I thought it was missing something,” Edkins explains. “I sent it to Alicia\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand she lifted it way up.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e And taking risks and reaching out of Edkins’ comfort zone was the name of the game when it came to making ‘Weird Nightmare’. “I found myself doing new things I didn’t have the guts to do before, recording everything by myself and trusting all of my musical instincts,” he states. “I think when music manifests quickly, a certain amount of honesty automatically comes along with it. When it is a purely instinctual creation, there is no opportunity to obscure the truth.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Loser Edition LP pressed on Coke Bottle Green transparent vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSearching for You\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNibs\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLusitania\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWrecked (feat. Bully)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSunday Driver\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDarkroom\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDream\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eZebra Dance\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOh No (feat. 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