Weed - Running Back - Cassette

From the kind of music they play, overloaded stonergaze with a heavy Dinosaur Jr. and My Bloody Valentine influence, you might think the Vancouver-based duo of Will Anderson and Kevin Doherty were referring to the medicinal and recreational herb when they named their band Weed. They insist it's a verb, as in to get rid of (something harmful or superfluous). They started playing together in 2010, releasing their first single ("With Drug"/"Eighty") in 2011, then followed it in 2012 with a four-song EP titled Gun Control that featured new member Hugo Noriega. The three-piece recorded a full album with Dylan Wall at the Old Fire House Teen Center in Washington, Deserve, which was released by Couple Skate Records in 2013. The trio, armed with a guest drummer, took to the road next, crisscrossing the country and building up a solid fan base. Their next record was solid enough to impress Lefse Records, who agreed to release it. Recorded with Jordan Koop at the helm, Running Back was issued in