Virginia’s Fairweather have returned after eight years with a new record announcement and new member (Olympia‘s Nick Barkley on bass, while Ben Murphy moves to the third guitar slot.)
The Deluge EP will release 24 June on Equal Vision Records, the first new music since 2014’s self-titled effort. Before you preorder your copy here, check out lead single “Untethered.”
The six-plus minute epic sees Fairweather embracing their post-rock influences. Guitarist Peter Tsouras explains:
“As a band, we’ve never been constrained by the need to recreate a previous album. Part of our writing process is finding a way to re-envision our parts without worrying about their sum. In contrast with our last record, which was intended as a collection of straightforward declarations of raw energy, the songs for what would become Deluge were more ornate in their form. As the opening track of the record, Untethered is its standard-bearer.
Bad Dad (occasionally called Ed) has been on the periphery of the punk and punk-adjacent scene for over twenty years. While many contributors to this site have musical experience and talent, Ed’s musical claim to fame comes from his time in arguably the most punk rock Blockbuster Video district in NJ where he worked alongside members of Blanks 77, Best Hit TV and Brian Fallon. He is more than just an awful father to his 2 daughters, he is also a dreadful husband, a subpar writer, a terrible dresser and has a severe deficiency in all things talent… but hey, at least he’s self-aware, amirite?
Check out the pathetic attempts at photography on his insta at https://www.instagram.com/bad_dad_photography/
