Weaves’ have premiered their latest single “Coo Coo” from their debut full length. Weaves’ self-titled LP, due out on June 17th via Buzz/Kanine/Memphis Industries.

Jasmyn Burke: “This one came together relatively quickly but it’s really grown on us as a band as we’ve played it live. We recorded it off the floor with very few overdubs as we really feed off of each other when we play it in a live context, so we tried to capture that in the recording. The song sort of just fell out of me. I had been frustrated with a person who had been in and out of my life for many years and I finally decided to cut them out for good. I’ve always been attracted to a bit of a wild man, a nomad or lost soul of sorts and after a fight one night I just went to the studio and this sentiment started spewing out. I think when you’re in the thick of a tumultuous relationship sometimes you think you’re the one for them but then the next moment you don’t know what’s going wrong or how you’re really feeling. So for me Coo Coo was about looking back and also letting go. I was sort of laughing at my time spent jumping in and out of some sort of 10 year rendezvous that was leading to nowhere because I don’t think we ever really wanted it to work. I mean, where would be the fun in that?”

Weaves have been working on the album 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 (Death Cab for Cutie, 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 one’s 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.”

Tour Dates

05/28 London, ON – Grickle Grass festival
06/02 Berlin, DE – FluxBau
06/03 Mannheim, DE – Maifeld Derby festival
06/04 Nimes, FR – This Is Not A Love Song festival
06/05 Paris, FR – Le Pop Up Du Label
06/07 Tunbridge Wells, UK – Wells Forum #
06/08 London, UK – Dingwalls #
06/09 Birmingham, UK – Sunflower Lounge #
06/10 Edinburgh, UK – Electric Circus #
06/11 Liverpool, UK – Studio 2 #
06/12 Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute #
06/13 Nottingham, UK – Bodega #
06/14 Cardiff, UK – The Globe #
06/15 Cambridge, UK – Portland Arms #
06/17 Antwerp, BE – Trix
06/18 Hilvarenbeek, NL – Best Kept Secret festival
06/20 Nottingham, UK – Rough Trade (in-store)
06/21 London, UK – Rough Trade East (in-store)
06/22 Bristol, UK – Rise Music (in-store)
06/24 Oslo, NO – Piknik I Parken festival
06/29 Lille, FR – La Peniche
06/30 Derby, UK – The Venue
07/01, Bedford, UK, Esquires
07/02 Aldershot, UK – West End Centre
07/03 Brighton, UK – The Prince Albert
07/04 Guildford, UK – Boileroom
07/08 Winchester, UK – Railway
07/09 Milton Keynes, UK – Craufurd Arms
07/12 Leicester, UK – The Musician
07/14 London, UK – Shacklewell Arms
07/15 Southwold, UK – Latitude festival
07/17 Glasgow, UK – Nice N Sleazy
07/18 Newcastle, UK – Think Tank
07/19 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
07/23 Huntington, UK – Secret Garden Party festival
08/09 Columbia, MO – Café Berlin
08/10 Dallas, TX – Three Links
08/12 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
08/13 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
08/15 Seattle, WA – Barboza
08/16 Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
08/18 Calgary, AB – Palomino
08/19 Saskatoon, SK – Vangelis Tavern
08/20 Winnipeg, MB – Rainbow Trout Music Festival
08/21 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
08/22 Chicago, IL – Schubas
08/24 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge *
08/25 Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right *
08/26 Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA *
08/27 Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
09/02-04 Salisbury, UK – End of the Road festival

# w/ Beach Slang
* w/ Cayetana