Sydney, Australia
"You heard it here first on N**a 96.9" barked my car stereo as I was trying to tune into our friends at fBi. In a fit of ape-like rage, I fumbled across the buttons to correct the error. However before I could do so, my opposable thumbs and I 'experienced' a snippet of what had to be the best (worst) example of what can only be described as a record label's snap crackle and pop. Over produced, cliched, infected tunes from this idol-like female "artist" (if you can call her that) oozed out of my grossed out stereo for a brief moment before the right thumb hit the right button. Thankfully I was saved by the angelic voice of Jess Beston and moody tunes produced by her band Weir. These unsigned Sydneysiders have been around since '02 and carry more talent and potential in their thumbs than the aforementioned "artist" does in their whole hollow carcas of a musician's body. Like the steady motion of a tide, Weir's tunes rise, flow and receed between the darkness and light of their clearly identifiable feel that has found its way onto Triple J and fBi quite frequently. Honestly it baffles me how these natural wonders are yet to be signed. Playing Come Together Festival, reaching #20 on the music network's "Most Added to Radio" charts, surely it all adds up to a band that deserves much more credit than any "idol" does. Decide for yourself.

mp3: Weir - "The Believer"
mp3: Weir - "Could Be Right"

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Labels: Weir