Wussy
Album: Wussy
Shake 562 CD Only
Streetdate 5/12/09
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HI-RES PHOTOS			On the heels of their much-lauded second full-length, Left for Dead, Wussy return with their new self-titled album. Former Ass Ponys frontman Chuck Cleaver continues to step away from his past incarnation to create something wholly new along with co-writer and vocalist Lisa Walker. Production duties again fell on the shoulders of John Curley (Afghan Whigs) who managed to somehow balance all the parts of Wussy as equals. About Wussy Wussy is a four-piece band from Cincinnati, Ohio fronted by songwriters Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker. The band formed spontaneously in 2001 when Walker joined Cleaver for a dreaded solo performance. This pairing soon turned into a somewhat unsteady but engaging four-piece with the addition of bassist/utility man Mark Messerly and drummer Dawn Burman. Their first two full-length releases met with some critical success, crafting songwriting and sheets of noise into what was called an 'articulated drone'. Their third album, 2009's self-titled release, combines the more immediate, noisy elements of Funeral Dress with the improved musicianship and sonic palette of Left for Dead. The band will tour throughout the summer across the East Coast, Midwest and South, along with new member Joe Klug who replaced Burman on drums in March 2009. In the meantime, they are working on more midwestern velvet racket for a fourth release. Shake It Records - shakeitrecords.com 4156 Hamilton Ave Cincinnati, OH 45223 USA (513) 591-0123 | darren@shakeitrecords.com Press by Carl Hanni for Mod Media
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Press for Wussy - Wussy	Press for Left for Dead & Funeral Dress
SPIN - "For exposing ordinary life's flaming weirdness, you can't beat the shabby folk rock on this witty third album.. messy, seething passions in all their juicy splendor." Washington Post "Few bands since the Velvet-steeped heyday of the Feelies, Yo La Tengo and R.E.M. have abandoned themselves so completely to the ebbing, flowing currents of keening, droning guitars." PopMatters "You can only give thanks that these two unique voices—in every sense of the phrase—found each other." Christgau's MSN Consumer Guide: Grade A "This is as brutal a relationship album as Richard & Linda Thompson's 'Shoot Out the Lights.'" KEXP (Seattle Public Radio) "Their most fully realized work on their 3rd and best album yet.. A number of standout songs combining distinctive imagery with dark raw emotion." Amplifier "Wussy may indeed mark a turning point in the trajectory of this Ohio-based foursome, but the insurgent stance clearly suits them well." RollingStone.com "Powerful indie hooks"	Rolling Stone - "Superb...Imagine a Yo La Tengo too tight to get cute or far out dispensing a Velvet Underground derivative fluent enough to warm the erectile tissue of anyone with a thing for guitar drones." - Robert Christgau SPIN - "Haunting and exalting...leavening darkly romantic dysfunction with a little good old-fashioned sex appeal." Village Voice Consumer Guide: Grade A "11 three-minute songs, all about perfect. An ideal partnership - vocally and lyrically." Magnet "Alive with the gritty, imperfect glow and wry humor of coed combos X and the Mekons." Boston Phoenix "Rural dystopia, recalling everything from the drone of Scrawl to the sexual high drama of the Afghan Whigs." Time Out New York "These two musicians are not mere bandmates: They are trapped in one another's bodies."
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