Hollow Hand
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fri 30 oct · 7.15pm
£15.40
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Weird Nightmare
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On Friday, May 1st, Weird Nightmare will release Hoopla, the engaging and melodic second LP from former METZ frontman Alex Edkins. Every band worth its salt has a member who worked in a record store. In METZ, the fearless noise rock trio who released five full-length albums on Sub Pop between 2012 and 2024, it was singer and guitarist Alex Edkins. Slinging indie rock and hardcore records in his hometown record store while attending university, Edkins became an ardent student of rock 'n' roll; from the psychedelic 1960s to the DIY 1990s and beyond. The new Weird Nightmare album, Hoopla, mixes...
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Weird Nightmare
power popindie rockalternative rocktoronto, ontario
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A sub pop signing whose second album 'hoopla' arrived in may 2026, a lean 33 minutes of sunny, hook-first guitar pop. The noise of the day job gets traded for melody, with piano, bells and castanets pushed up in the mix alongside the fuzz. Co-produced with jim eno and recorded at machines with magnets.
“At its heart, this album is an optimistic, shining light in our strange time.”
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