To our families, friends, fans, and freaks,
Itās with ache and awe alike that we announce the end of WEEED.
In the spring of 2008 in a basement, this project formed with a simple vision: āplay stoner rockā. Our teenage selves couldnāt have guessed weād spend the next 17 years refining that vision into something as deep, dense, instructive, intense, and wildly gratifying as what this band came to be.
The music itself, along with our strivings to transform it ever anew, often served at once as grail and guide. But it was our bonds with each other and with the communities that nourished our creative efforts which felt more true north than anything. Relationship and connection were the real yolk and source, reflected in every sound we made.
In the past five years, amidst powerful liminalities both planetary and personal, it became increasingly less clear how to continue to channel our collaborative methods in a way that accommodated our changing lives and honored the unquantifiable sums of energy weāve dedicated to WEEED. Weāve now decided that the best way to bridge that gap is to, finally, lay the name to rest. Though there is indeed a sense of loss involved in this choice, we are all buoyed up by an equal sense of expansion and possibility.
Words fail to capture how grateful we are for everyone whoās taken part in our path. Wherever you are, we hope you might join us for one more ride at
@mississippistudios on August 8th in Portland, OR. There and then weāll play our last show alongside dear friends
@ohroseh . Weāve planned a set that celebrates over a decadeās worth of our music.
With all this in mind, we are also announcing the release of three albums, written and recorded over the past 8 years and, until now, kept in the dark. Given the lengths of time lapsed between their respective completions and release, itās difficult to speak to the exact nature of the songs contained in each one, save to say that they truly harness the democratic and communal energetics that brought this band to bear in the first place. All three records will be released simultaneously this Friday, August 1st. Stay tuned.
We love you all,
š«¶- WEEED
