METZ bandleader Alex Edkins has detailed his debut album with new solo project Weird Nightmare and shared the first taste of its sound with lead single "Searching for You."
The self-titled LP is due May 20 via Sub Pop, which Edkins announced that he had signed to for the solo endeavour earlier this year — news which arrived shortly after METZ announced a split 7-inch with Adulkt Life.
Weird Nightmare will play an album release show at Toronto's Baby G on May 21 ahead of a handful of co-headlining US dates with fellow Canadian members of the Sub Pop roster Kiwi Jr.
"It's a fun, no nonsense rock 'n' roll song," Edkins said of the project's fuzz-coated, rip-roaring first single in a press release. "It's about searching for meaning and inspiration all around us. In my mind, the 'you' in the chorus refers to something bigger than companionship or love; it's that intangible thing we all look for but never find."
Watch the Ryan Thompson-directed video animated by Jordan "Dr. Cool" Minkof for "Searching for You" below, where you can check out the album tracklist and Weird Nightmare's tour itinerary.
Weird Nightmare:
1. Searching for You
2. Nibs
3. Lusitania
4. Wrecked
5. Sunday Driver
6. Darkroom
7. Dream
8. Zebra Dance
9. Oh No
10. Holding Out
Pre-order Weird Nightmare.
Weird Nightmare 2022 Tour Dates:
05/21 Toronto, ON - Baby G
06/17 Detroit, MI - Third Man Records *
06/18 Chicago, IL - Schubas *
07/28 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's Alright *
07/29 Rehoboth Beach, DE - Dogfish Head Brewery *
07/30 Washington, DC - Songbyrd *
07/31 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
* with Kiwi Jr.
The self-titled LP is due May 20 via Sub Pop, which Edkins announced that he had signed to for the solo endeavour earlier this year — news which arrived shortly after METZ announced a split 7-inch with Adulkt Life.
Weird Nightmare will play an album release show at Toronto's Baby G on May 21 ahead of a handful of co-headlining US dates with fellow Canadian members of the Sub Pop roster Kiwi Jr.
"It's a fun, no nonsense rock 'n' roll song," Edkins said of the project's fuzz-coated, rip-roaring first single in a press release. "It's about searching for meaning and inspiration all around us. In my mind, the 'you' in the chorus refers to something bigger than companionship or love; it's that intangible thing we all look for but never find."
Watch the Ryan Thompson-directed video animated by Jordan "Dr. Cool" Minkof for "Searching for You" below, where you can check out the album tracklist and Weird Nightmare's tour itinerary.
Weird Nightmare:
1. Searching for You
2. Nibs
3. Lusitania
4. Wrecked
5. Sunday Driver
6. Darkroom
7. Dream
8. Zebra Dance
9. Oh No
10. Holding Out
Pre-order Weird Nightmare.
Weird Nightmare 2022 Tour Dates:
05/21 Toronto, ON - Baby G
06/17 Detroit, MI - Third Man Records *
06/18 Chicago, IL - Schubas *
07/28 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's Alright *
07/29 Rehoboth Beach, DE - Dogfish Head Brewery *
07/30 Washington, DC - Songbyrd *
07/31 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
* with Kiwi Jr.
