JPW & Dad Weed: "It's Happening" video

Phoenix, AZ, lo-fi duo JPW & Dad Weed have made a video for It's Happening: "a scuzzy sounding exploration of left-field indie rock, as if the instruments have been gathering dust for a couple of decades. Somehow everything still works, which comes as a surprise for the musicians themselves. The bass and drums only interlude is a 101 for less is more, before giving way to a Tom Verlaine inspired guitar leading the way to a 60s Sci-Fi psych coda." It is a track from their Amassed Like a Rat King album.

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JPW & Dad Weed: Amassed Like a Rat King

Phoenix, AZ based musicians Jason P. Woodbury and Zachary Toporek hade been eyeing each other's handiwork for more than a decade, before connecting for a joint project, named JPW & Dad Weed. After releasing the Two Against Nurture EP and the It's Happening, their debut full-length Amassed Like a Rat King lives up to its promise, with a wealth of meandering, scuzzy and fuzzy sounding explorations of left-field indie rock.

The funky Frightening sums up their style in nutshell: starting out as borderline radio-friendly tune for parents to pop in the player as they drive the kids to their soccer practice in suburbia, the song makes a sharp left to and comes close to falling apart amidst shattering drums and distorted guitar. JPW & Dad Weed are a duo that will be championed by the knowledgeable staff in independent record stores, who will be more than happy to point all the references and extrapolations. Cool kids of all ages will love it.

JPW & Dad Weed: It's Happening

Phoenix, AZ based musicians Jason P. Woodbury and Zachary Toporek have released It's Happening, a new single by JPW & Dad Weed project, serving as a taste from their forthcoming Amassed Like a Rat King album. It's a scuzzy sounding exploration of left-field indie rock, as if the instruments have been gathering dust for a couple of decades.

Somehow everything still works, which comes as a surprise for the musicians themselves. The bass and drums only interlude is a 101 for less is more, before giving way to a Tom Verlaine inspired guitar leading the way to a 60s Sci-Fi psych coda.

JPW & Dad Weed: Two Against Nurture

Phoenix, AZ based musicians Jason P. Woodbury and Zachary Toporek named themselves JPW & Dad Weed for their debut EP Two Against Nurture. The three tracks were recorded in fits and starts over the years, but they share the same framework: free-flowing, gnarly power pop that mixes the Byrds with unhinged 90s grunge.

Never mind the stoned teenagers having a laugh name for their duo. This is very much a release for music geeks, who will have a field day dissecting all the references Woodbury and Toporek managed to sneak in.