Weaves (EP)

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Weaves
Over a pink background, a multi-colored flower surround by several yellow seeds, small yellow text displaying WEAVES on the top left
EP by
Weaves
ReleasedMarch 26, 2014
StudioDobbstown North, Echo Valley
(unknown location)
Candle Recording
(Toronto, Ontario)
GenreIndie pop
Length18:46
LabelBuzz
Producer
Weaves chronology
Weaves
(2014) 		Weaves
(2016)
Singles from Weaves
  1. "Hulahoop"
    Released: April 30, 2013
  2. "Motorcycle"
    Released: July 23, 2013
  3. "Take A Dip"
    Released: September 23, 2013
  4. "Buttercup"
    Released: February 18, 2014

Weaves is the debut

Popmatters
' list of best indie rock albums of 2014.

Production and composition

Jasmyn Burke and Morgan Waters, who first met each other in a bar, started Weaves in 2012 when the two made demo songs based on files of song ideas Burke recorded on her

Garageband, while "Buttercup" and "Closer" was produced by David Newfeld in his church studio of Dobbstown North.[3][4] Waters described Newfeld's production contributions as "music lessons and artist lessons in a way," given that he knew what he was making.[5] He also said, "That open mindedness and visibility to capture what happens in the moment and allow mistakes and encourage them brings you out of your comfort zone."[5]

The

sexual innuendo such as "Won't you ride my motorcycle / Take a ride", which Gillis wrote "can turn into both amusing nah-nah-nah insolence and wailing, dead-serious desperation on a dime."[6]

Promotion

Four songs were released as singles before Weaves was issued: "Hulahoop" on April 30, 2013,[8] "Motorcycle" on July 23, 2013,[9] "Take A Dip" on September 23, 2013,[10] and "Buttercup" on February 18, 2014.[3] "Take a Tip" was a premiere by Spin magazine.[11] The blog BrooklynVegan premiered Weaves for streaming on March 26, 2014.[12] A tour in Ontario and New York promoting the EP last from April 10 to June 22, 2014.[12] On July 21, 2014, Noisey premiered the remix EP for Weaves,[13] which features a re-edit of "Hulahoop" by Bram Gielen. The video for the remix was released by Chart Attack on July 29, 2014, and in the video, Burke "drinks from straw glasses, waves torches and sparklers and performs some lounging, laconic dance moves."[14]

On August 12, 2013, a music video for the song "Motorcycle" was released. Chart Attack noted the video's "weird, wrong-handed sketches, which divert from the Badlands 4 Kidz plot with lots of delightful non-sequiter cutaways to make it a junky feast for your rapidly deteriorating attention span."[15] On March 24, 2014, Rookie magazine premiered the video for "Buttercup".[16] The weird, crazy look of the video is meant to match the pretty-looking yet poisonous aspect of a buttercup, a flower the song is named after.[16] Both videos were directed and created by Jason Harvey, who Waters described as "a really talented guy" with his own "strong voice".[5] On October 15, 2013, the video for "Take a Dip" was released; it depicts Burke dressed in a white-colored shawl in a dark-lit church. The other band members appear near the end of the video, where she grates cheddar cheese onto their heads as they bow to her.[17]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Popmatters
[18]

Response towards Weaves from

Popmatters, finding most of the aspects of Weaves typical of indie music released in the previous fifteen years but praising Burke's "sultry" vocal performance that "improve the elaborate backdrop, allowing for some simplicity among the chaos".[18] Now called the EP an "excellent introduction for new fans", writing that its only downfall was the track "Do You See Past" due to its "more sophisticated, less interesting electro-pop sound".[6] In a list by another Popmatters journalist of the best indie rock albums of 2014, Weaves ranked number eight.[19]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jasmyn Burke and Morgan Waters[4]

Weaves – Standard version[4]
No.TitleProducerLength
1."Buttercup"David Newfeld3:37
2."Motorcycle"Morgan Waters2:52
3."Take a Dip"Waters3:04
4."Do You See Past"Waters3:14
5."Closer"Newfeld3:08
6."Hulahoop"Waters2:51
Total length:18:46
Weaves – Remixed[13]
No.TitleLength
1."Hulahopp" (Bram Gielen remix)4:24
2."Motorcycle" (Beta Frontiers remix)3:50
3."Closer" (Babe Rainbow remix)3:48
4."Do You See Past" (J FM remix)4:20
5."Take A Dip" (David Newfeld remix)4:51
Total length:21:13

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes of Weaves.[4]

Locations
  • Produced, mixed and engineered at Dobbstown North (unknown location), also engineered at Candle Recording in Toronto, Ontario and Echo Valley (unknown location)
Credits

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label
Worldwide[4][20] April 1, 2014
Buzz Records

References

  1. ^
    Noisey. Vice Media
    . Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Weaves". Buzz Records Official Website. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Gillespie, Blake (February 18, 2014). "Weaves, "Buttercup"". Impose. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e Weaves (2014). Weaves. Buzz Records. BR009.
  5. ^ a b c d Feng, Tiana (April 1, 2014). "Interview: Weaves". Ride the Tempo. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  6. ^
    Now Communications
    . Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  7. ^ a b c Lau, Melody (April 1, 2014). "Weaves Weaves". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  8. ^ "Hulahoop". Buzz Records Official Bandcamp Page. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  9. ^ "Motorcycle". Buzz Records Official Bandcamp Page. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  10. ^ "Take A Dip". Buzz Records Official Bandcam Page. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  11. SpinMedia
    . Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  12. ^ a b Pearis, Bill (March 26, 2014). "Weaves ready debut EP, playing shows, including two in NYC, one with Prince Rama (dates, EP stream)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Premiere: Get 'Remixed' With the New Weaves Album". Noisey. Vice Media. July 21, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  14. ^ Trapunski, Richard (July 29, 2014). "VIDEO PREMIERE: Bram Gielen gives Weaves' "Hulahoop" a sparkling, propulsive remix". Chart Attack. Channel Zero. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ^ Darville, Jordan (August 12, 2013). {{usurped|1="[video]}} Weaves, “Motorcycle”. Chart Attack. Channel Zero. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  16. ^ a b Lau, Melody (March 24, 2014). "Weaves: Buttercup". Rookie. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  17. ^ Hudson, Alex (October 15, 2013). "Weaves "Take a Dip" (video)". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  18. ^
    Popmatters
    . Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  19. ^
    Popmatters
    . Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  20. ^ "Weaves (EP)". Buzz Records Official Bandcamp Page. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
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