OK, tell me all about Wussy

oh sweet, thanks for the tip dow, hadnt heard about this, will definitely be scooping a ticket

I found Ghosts in the glove compartment the other day, the last thing they released (COVID year). Looking it up later led me to something I didn't know: Mark Messerly, their bassist, put out an album in 2019 under the name Inert. So I bought it from Bandcamp and, as I expected, if you're a Wussy fan it's quite good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTOCaqgjo5Y

Wussy Duo cover Bill Fay's I Hear You Calling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XRxA01VZyA

Cincinnati band Wussy are back with their first LP in six years. The aptly titled Cincinnati Ohio - out November on Shake It Records - is the first album from the five-piece since 2018’s What Heaven Is Like. Wussy are known among critics and their loyal fanbase for releasing albums of lyrically deft pop songs awash within a blanket of noise - a sound that critic Robert Christgau has described as “merging the Velvet Underground and the Flying Burrito Brothers” (SPIN, 2013). And it seems Cincinnati Ohio is no exception - punctuated with many of the familiar Wussy sounds: a jangly mix of electric and acoustic guitars; the dueling lead vocals of Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker; Joe Klug and Mark Messerly’s driving rhythm section; and warm rolling waves of pedal steel - this time split between late Wussy guitar player John Erhardt and newest member Travis Talbert. On Cincinnati Ohio, the band leans heavily into its penchant for cinematic Americana landscapes, drawing stylistic inspiration from influences such as Calexico, Mazzy Star, R.E.M., Sun Volt, and the Mekons (whose Jon Langford painted the album’s cover art). This Midwestern wall-of-sound method clearly works for Wussy, who according to The Ringer, has been “quietly crafting one of the great rock catalogs of the decade.”

Cincinnati Ohio comes out November 15th, along with two limited edition Wussy EPs: The Great Divide and Cellar Door.

finally! saw them play in acoustic duo configuration (in a lighting design studio in bushwick) and the new stuff sounded terrific.

Wow