℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records
| Released | May 20, 2022 |
| Duration | 34m 35s |
| Record Label | Sub Pop Records |
| Genre | Alternative (Rock) |
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1.1
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Searching for You
Weird Nightmare |
3:03 | |||
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1.2
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Nibs
Weird Nightmare |
2:58 | |||
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1.3
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Lusitania
Weird Nightmare |
3:06 | |||
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1.4
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Wrecked (feat. Bully)
Weird Nightmare; Bully |
3:39 | |||
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1.5
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Sunday Driver
Weird Nightmare |
3:29 | |||
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1.6
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Darkroom
Weird Nightmare |
2:44 | |||
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1.7
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Dream
Weird Nightmare |
3:38 | |||
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1.8
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Zebra Dance
Weird Nightmare |
1:05 | |||
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1.9
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Oh No (feat. Chad VanGaalen)
Weird Nightmare; Chad VanGaalen |
3:13 | |||
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1.10
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Holding Out
Weird Nightmare |
7:40 |
If you’re looking for a raw, sugary blast of distorted pop, look no further than Weird Nightmare. The debut album from METZ guitarist and vocalist Alex Edkins contains all of his main band’s bite with an unexpected, yet totally satisfying, sweetness. Imagine The Amps covering Big Star, or the gloriously hissy miniature epics of classic-era Guided by Voices combined with the bombast of Copper Blue- era Sugar—just tons of red-line distortion cut with the type of tunecraft that thrills the moment it hits your ears.
These ten songs showcase a new side of Edkins’ already-established songwriting, but even though the bulk of Weird Nightmare was recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic some of its tunes date back to 2013 in demo form. “Hooks and melody have always been a big part of my writing, but they really became the main focus this time” he explains. “It was about doing what felt natural.”
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Sub Pop Records Studio Masters
Track 8 – contains material which has been processed by a perceptual audio coding algorithm
Track 8 – contains material which has been processed by a perceptual audio coding algorithm
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.51 -1.84 to -0.29 | -12.08 -24.13 to -10.07 | -8.39 -20.60 to -6.10 | 7 5 to 12 | |
| 1 | Searching for You | -0.36 | -10.56 | -6.6 | 6 |
| 2 | Nibs | -0.36 | -10.84 | -7.2 | 6 |
| 3 | Lusitania | -0.37 | -10.25 | -6.1 | 5 |
| 4 | Wrecked (feat. Bully) | -0.36 | -10.63 | -6.5 | 5 |
| 5 | Sunday Driver | -0.37 | -11.23 | -7.2 | 6 |
| 6 | Darkroom | -0.36 | -10.07 | -6.5 | 6 |
| 7 | Dream | -0.29 | -10.39 | -6.8 | 6 |
| 8 | Zebra Dance | -1.84 | -24.13 | -20.6 | 12 |
| 9 | Oh No (feat. Chad VanGaalen) | -0.42 | -10.26 | -6.8 | 6 |
| 10 | Holding Out | -0.36 | -12.40 | -9.6 | 7 |