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Calling Up My Bad Side

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Shortly after signing their record deal, Weather left their home in the Desert of Salt Lake City for the Forests of the Northwest, eager to make their first record and hit the road. But it wasn't that simple. Within weeks, two incidents befell the band; their guitarist and bassist quit and they heard The Cure for the first time. Shell-shocked, the remaining members of Weather responded by throwing out the 40 songs they had saved up and slowly rebuilding; finding a new band, a new sound, a new home, and new songs for the record.

The result is Calling Up My Bad Side, an album of pop-inflected Post-Radiohead Rock whose potent melodies and adventurous guitars sweep you up like the upswing of a depression. From rocking anthems to slow-burning confessionals, Weather's songs put a silver lining on their melancholy and a knowing smile on idle threats.

Weather places the piano at the center of a sea of atmospheric crescendos and exploding choruses and melody above all else. Determined to say what they mean and mean what they play, they deliver songs married to the band, playing to their own strengths, not their aspirations.

"We were so lucky. We went through so many changes this year and learned so much," says singer/pianist Sean Campbell. "The band got broken down to its bare essentials and had to come back from that by putting a lot more of ourselves into the music."

When Utah's Campbell and drummer Kerry Cockayne landed in Tacoma, WA, they took up residence at Spectre Studios to begin writing. There they met a pair of young guitarists, Tyler Pratt and Joe Yohann. Pratt and Yohann had been playing together since they were 15 and brought an incredible chemistry, already developed, to Campbell's new song ideas.

Working with Producers Evan Brubaker and Troy Glessner (aka The A-Team), Weather proceeded to work through new material drawing on bands like Interpol, The Cure, Sunny Day Real Estate and U2 for inspiration. Calling Up My Bad Side is the debut album on Cake Records .

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Member Since: 10/12/2004
Band Website: thebandweather.com/
Band Members:
Tyler Pratt - Guitar
Kerry Cockayne - Drums
Sean Campbell - Vocals/Piano
Joseph Yohann - Guitars
Matt Rankin - Bass
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Record Label: Cake Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Now a Days

What do you expectthe truth comes in liesan unpleasant effectanother band dieswhat about the fansthey come out and supportthe fans clap their handsand show their remorsewhat do you expectan outright a...
Posted by Weather on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:41:00 PST

STREET TEAM

We are interested in putting together a group of elite young people to be our street team. We would like people who are enthusiastic, charming, fun, energetic, and our very best fans. The job would be...
Posted by Weather on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 06:55:00 PST

New Review of "Calling Up My Badside"

Calling Up My Bad Side Cake Records Album Review Weather originated in Salt Lake City, but upon relocating to record their debut album they were knocked back by the decision of their bassist to qui...
Posted by Weather on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 03:08:00 PST

Grammys

My Grammy award night recap by Sean. The awards started out with a cool interactive multi-media duet with Madona and The Gorillas. I was into that. Overall the performances were pretty damn good. ...
Posted by Weather on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 03:50:00 PST

Sad

So... we had to sell the weather van. It has been a great van, and has taken us many miles to many different places. We've all slept some damn cold, and drunk nights in it, and now the blue bitch is g...
Posted by Weather on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:29:00 PST