Wimps

Tags: Lo-Fi , punk , seattle

wimps are a 3-piece from Seattle. (Not to be confused with Wimp from Olympia from 1979)

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Letâ€™s face the facts, people. Wimps arenâ€™t here to beat around the bush with some pandering, meandering hyperbolic mission statement thatâ€™s out to change the way you see the world, unless you like getting punched in the face until you canâ€™t see straight.

Wimps are a Seattle three-piece that inject jaunty, neurotic punk songs with well-crafted crack-pop sensibilities. The sardonic wits of guitarist Rachel Ratner (Butts) and bassist Matt Nyce (Meth Teeth) lyrically twist otherwise common day-to-day woes into shout-sung call-and-response stabs that champion boredom, laziness, social anxieties, and hangovers, with their wiry riffs and subterranean bass lines propelled by the punchy, measured rhythms of drummer Dave Ramm (The Intelligence).

Repeat is Wimpsâ€™ first full-length record, following a self-released five-song demo in early 2012. The track list itself reads as a neâ€™er-do-well punk manifesto: â€œStop Having Fun,â€� â€œQuit Your Job,â€� â€œHello Frustration,â€� and others channel the mundane intricacies of their own frustrated existence.

Yet coming from a group self-aware enough to name themselves Wimps, these outward neuroses are tempered with a deadpan sincerity that negates any perceived affront. Revel in your social anxiety and rest assured: there is strength in being a Wimp.

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Wimps are a three piece formed in 2011. They released a well received 5 song demo at the beginning of 2012 and have been playing near and far consistently since as they prepare to release a full length in early Fall. Though Wimps is a relative new band, Rachel Ratner (vocals/guitar), Matt Nyce (vocals/bass) and Dave Ramm (drums) have been playing music in the Northwest for years in groups including The Intelligence, Meth Teeth, and Butts.

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