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LEEDS PSYCH GRUNGE FOUR-PIECE WEIRDS ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM ‘SWARMCULTURE’ FOR RELEASE ON 12TH MAY

"Like a vulture ravaging a corpse" - Paul Smith, NME

"A deranged take to sludgy, in-your-face noise" - DIY
"Their no-frills sound has both an immediacy and a certain mysticism" - The Skinny

Step into the kaleidoscopic world of WEIRDS , and you’ll be engulfed in a glorious, sonically technicoloured smog. After honing their craft over several years on the Leeds circuit, the band are now armed with colossal debut album SWARMCULTURE set for release 12th May on Alcopop! Records. The record establishes WEIRDS trademark sound as one that features lush, viscous layers that you can almost feel and taste, intricately positioned to create an escapist and mesmerising experience.

WEI RDS recently revealed Valley Of Vision, the first single from SWARMCULTURE , in the form of a spectacularly cinematic and eerie music vid eo. Perking up the ears of Huw Stephens, the track has go ne on to receive spins from BBC Radio 1.

Recordedwith Ma ttPeel( Pulle dApartByHorses,Eagulls)at TheNave,anatmosphericLeedsstudiobuiltintoaconvertedchurch, WEIRDS set out to create a dark, heavy, psychedelic record which still had the pop structure and hooks to make people dance. Following on from 2016s Weird Sun EP , the band intentionally wanted to create light at the end of the sonic tunnel with SWARMCULTURE to provide a sense of relief from the lyrically brutal narrative. The studio location was significant in coining the album title, derived after bassist Matthew Vaughan had observed a flock of starlings in the courtyard, triggering a trail of thought on colonial behaviour and how is transcends to multiple species - including humankind.

“It was a very conscious decision to combine the two words to create 'Swarmculture'. It just seemed to encapsulate the world we wanted to create with this record. With the fact that Western culture is swarming towards a populist right, with people blaming others for parts of their lives that they're not happy with, calling for change before they even begin to think about whether the change will be good or not, we felt 'Swarmculture' reflected the world we live in. Everything swarms, whether it be a colony of ants or the corporate conglomerates. We definitely, and will continue to, try to keep music and politics separate but as any type of artist, you are definitely inspired and influenced by what is going on around you”

- Aidan Razzall, Vocals

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Wednesday 7th June 2017

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