Whirr "Sway" LP Jesu Slowdive Deafheaven Nothing Camera Shy Puke Tan
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Whirr "Sway" LP Graveface Records (US)
Pressed on Puke Tan Colored Wax!!
Vinyl is NM, Jacket is NM!
Out of Print!
Track Listing:
A1 Press A2 Mumble A3 Dry A4 Clear B1 Heavy B2 Sway B3 Lines B4 FeelWhirr is an American rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area. The group formed in 2010, originally as Whirl, but had to legally change its name after a woman performing acoustic covers of Black Sabbath songs trademarked the name and threatened a lawsuit. Whirr's shoegaze sound is often compared to My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive. Founding guitarist Nick Bassett also played in the band Deafheaven surrounding and including the release of their 2011 album, Roads to Judas.
Whirr self-released a demo cassette and the EP Distressor before signing to Tee Pee Records in 2011. The band released June that year, followed by their 2012 debut album Pipe Dreams. The latter was met with a generally positive reception from music critics. Whirr released an EP titled Around on July 9, 2013 and toured to support it that August with the band Nothing. As a result of touring together, members of Nothing and Whirr formed a side project called Death of Lovers. Nick Bassett then joined Nothing on bass and has been touring with them ever since. Bassett also started a new indie pop project with former Whirr vocalist Alexandra Morte called Camera Shy, while guitarist Joseph Bautista joined Best Coast's live lineup in 2015.
On September 23, 2014, Whirr released their second studio album, Sway, on Graveface.
Controversies
On October 19, 2015, a series of derogatory remarks towards the Washington-based hardcore punk band G.L.O.S.S. were posted on Whirr's Twitter account, including one that read: "[G.L.O.S.S. is] just a bunch of boys running around in panties making shitty music." These tweets, which were perceived as transphobic, resulted in a backlash on social media and severed ties with Graceface, a label that doesn't use contracts and who released the band's Sway, and Run for Cover Records, a label that Whirr was never signed to, but who released three of their EPs (including a split with Nothing. Bassett admitted to posting the first tweet toward G.L.O.S.S. (which read: "Lol @ G.L.O.S.S."),in response to hearing a rumor that the band was only permitting certain types of people to attend their shows and buy their merchandise. According to Bassett, the remaining tweets were posted by a friend of the band and did not reflect the views of band members. Whirr posted a public apology to their Twitter account the following morning and claimed to have severed ties with the person responsible for the offensive tweets. Whirr's online social media presence has otherwise been notoriously inflammatory toward its own fans, an action that the band described in a 2014 interview as "weeding out the pussies."
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