Name: Weaves
Brand: Weaves

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MI0400LP

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2016-06-17

Signed copies

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Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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5060146096591

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

CD 50158

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Artist

Weaves

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Kanine Records

At the tail end of the 90’s, against all the advice of older, wiser heads, brothers Ollie and Matt Jacob started the label Memphis Industries. As is often the case, the label was initially intended as a vehicle to release some pals EPs, with no further plans beyond that. Their first signing Blue States delivered the album <i>Nothing Changes Under the Sun</i>, a surprise success for the label, they then rode the original chill wave, before finding that those older wiser heads were pretty spot on about starting a label, and washed up with <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/the-go-team-23286fc4-a92f-4609-a8e7-8a5b8bc7d563">The Go! Team</a> as “definitely their last ever signing before they got proper jobs”. A Mercury Prize nomination, a bucket load of sales and international acclaim later, Memphis went from strength to strength. 2018 sees the label as the home of North-East legends <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/field-music">Field Music</a>, Minneapolis’ future R&amp;B superstars <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/polica">POLICA</a>, the wonderful Wonk-Pop of Dutch Uncles and many more.

Rough Trade's Emily Waller sat down with Ollie to talk about the history of the label, avoiding a “proper job” and his favourite projects so far:

To celebrate Memphis Industries being our Label Focus, we have the following special editions available now at Rough Trade, all purchases also come with a free CD sampler:

<a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/semicircle">Rough Trade Exclusive - 500 Copies on 180-gram Green Vinyl with Download.</a>

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Label Focus - Memphis Industries

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 the Toronto#s fertile and multifaceted DIY scene. Led by the collaborative efforts of Morgan Waters and Jasmyn Burke, 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 living room of Water#s Chinatown apartment, where Waters and Burke 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. Weaves have been working on their debut LP for almost as long as they have been a band, tracking with Leon Taheny (Dilly Dally, Owen Pallett, Austra) in sessions that span most of the last two years. Mixed by Alex Newport (Bloc Party, Melvins, At The Drive In) and mastered by John Greenham (Death Grips, Sky Ferreira), the result is an album that traverses the band#s history, exploring every facet of their always adventurous approach to pop music and leaving no idea unexplored. Filled beyond bursting with hooks and possibilities, it#s the sound of a band propelled forward by the thrill of discovering the limits of their sound and gleefully pushing past them. #We#re always trying to push ourselves,# says Waters, #sometimes it feels like bands aren#t necessary, like they#re not the ones pushing music forward, so I think we#re trying to hopefully prove that bands aren#t boring. If we are going to be a band and if we are going to do this guitar, bass and drums thing then we might as well see how much we can fuck it up.#