"Amidst all the hushed vocals and pretty, and vaguely countrified acoustic strum on display here, there are true, gripping melodies - ones that stand up to repeated listening." - Entertainment Weekly
It’s uncommon for a contemporary artist to create a timeless album, an album that is both
surprising and comforting. Yet after only a few
listens to the new record from WEINLAND, a
soon to be well known quintet from Portland,
Oregon, you’ll know it’s still possible. Their
achievement is celebrated on Breaks In The Sun,
the follow up to 2008’s critically acclaimed La
Lamentor (Badman Recording Co.), and the
manner in which they wrote and recorded this
collective work.
Principal songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Adam
Shearer explains: “We recognized the ‘70s-ness
of our choice to book and arrive for studio time
without a single completed song... and we
embraced it.“
Working with close friend Adam Selzer (M. Ward,
Norfolk & Western) and Badman label head
Dylan Magierek at Type Foundry Studios for two
weeks without a break, sometimes as many as 16
hours a day, Breaks In The Sun was committed
to 2” tape amidst sleep deprivation, whiskey
consumption, and trust. The result is a collection
of songs full of intimacy and excitement.
“There’s something magical about the way a new
song sounds the first time you play it. That’s a
feeling we’re always trying to recreate,” says
Shearer, “and in this case we got it to tape as it
happened, at conception.”
