Some Sudden Weather

release date:

October 20, 2023

Catalog#

SBR07
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Pressing information

Limited edition first pressing on coke bottle clear vinyl with orange dust cover.

Tracks

  1. Shell Text
  2. Dead (But Not Like Me)
  3. The Matter
  4. I Can't Praise Your Head Trip
  5. Proverbial Con
  6. Canary Dream
  7. Reclined Derealized 2022
  8. Warped Page
  9. Count to Ten
  10. Lab Rack
  11. On A Curve
  12. Sun Turned Over

release notes

"The kind of jangly guitar music they called 'college rock' in the ’80s and 'indie rock' in the ’90s.” – Brooklyn Vegan
"The album has it all, high-intensity, artfully crafted punk’n’roll and pop infused with groove." – New Noise Magazine

Some Sudden Weather finds Products Band sharpening their focus on presence of mind in a culture of noise. Sure, what else is new, another rock record detailing this late-capitalist hellhole, blah blah blah — but then it hits you. This record refuses to default to post-punk tropes of obliqueness, intellectual box-checking, or emotional alienation. Products Band instead strikes a balance between critique and sincerity with stunning grace on their sophomore effort.

For each pummeling wave of distorted guitars, a tender, melodic vocal floats over its crest. With every winking, deadpan lyric comes a genuine admission of desire, shame, or hope. Products Band embraces the literary traditions of their influences while telling their stories on their terms. We may spend our days scrolling through conjecture about impending doom, but the band angles their songwriting toward capturing conscious experiences: maintaining intimacy under the chokehold of professional life, trying to heal with humility, and confronting Carl Jung know-it-alls who misread their big-britching as sullen sex appeal.

These songs in sequence create a striking mosaic, and faithfully represent the diversity of their musical influences. From high-energy, airtight punk’n’roll to intricate, groove-driven pop, Some Sudden Weather refreshes rock vocabularies by sculpting them within the band’s unique perspective. Whether you crave dancefloor-ready bass hooks, spiderwebbed guitar skronk, interwoven vocal duets, hell, even melodies sung by a busted toy Casio, Products Band delivers. An essential listen for all fans of contemporary post-punk, guitar pop, and thoughtful Midwestern charm.

FFO: Ought, Television, The Replacements, R.E.M, Talking Heads, Dismemberment Plan

release credits

Alex Hanson - Guitar, piano, vocals

Jo Kellen - Guitar, synths, vocals

Jackson Woolsey - Bass, vocals

Konner Johnson - Drums, percussion, synths

Recorded and mixed by Zach Hollander at The Pearl Recording Studio in Minneapolis, MN. Mastered by Dave Gardner at Infrasonic Mastering in Los Angeles, CA. Design and layout by Alex Hanson.

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