The band have announced their signing to Memphis Industries, who will be releasing the debut album Weaves in conjunction with Buzz Records on 17th June. In advance of the release the band will be heading to Austin for SXSW and touring the US with Sunflower Bean, before hitting Europe for a host of festivals including Latitude and End of the Road.
Weaves live
14 July – Latitude Festival, Southwold
21-24 July – Secret Garden Party, Huntingdon
04 September – End Of The Road Festival, Salisbury
Listen to lead single ‘One More’ below and read a little more about the band even further below…
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 Toronto’s fertile and multifaceted DIY scene. Led by Jasmyn Burke and Morgan Waters, 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 bedroom of Waters’ Chinatown apartment, where the two 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.
