Weather - Calling Up My Bad Side

Weather
Calling Up My Bad Side

Someone lent me a CD by the band Weather who play pretty much your garden variety Travis meets the OC brand of modern rock. I would definitely have thought about a name change, though, especially since shortly before signing with Cake Records (distributed by a subsidiary of Sony / BMG) they actually changed up half the lineup of the band. Because “Weather” is such a common word and people are apt to get you confused with The Weather Report.
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The title track, “Calling Up My Bad Side”, is actually a pretty strong tune with lead singer Sean’s voice smoothly transitioning from falsetto to normal throughout. Hints of moody shoegaze lurk around the corners of snappy drum hits and a decent melody. They do indeed remind me of Travis or Coldplay though I don’t hear any of the much mentioned Cure reference in the music.

The other track available on their site is called “All This Time” and I definitely didn’t like this song as much. The melody, especially the chorus, seemed simplistic and reminded me of several 80s metal ballads. I dunno, just very mainstream. Other than that, some good stuff from Weather.

Current band lineup is Sean Campbell (vocals and piano), Zach Varnell (bass), Joseph Yohann (guitar), Tyler Pratt (guitar), and Kerry Cockayne (drums).

Weather’s website

by Palebear