‘Made Things Weird’ by Who? What? When? Why? & Werewolves? | New Album ‘Hard Feelings’
Exclusive track premiere of ‘Made Things Weird’ by Who? What? When? Why? & Werewolves?, taken from their new LP ‘Hard Feelings’, out August 13th.
Since forming Who? What? When? Why? & Werewolves?, the duo of Andrew Fullerton (vocals, guitar) and Matt Orlando (vocals, banjo) have stood out from the pack thanks to their subversive and often humorous approach to heavy subjects.
Paired with an easy folk sound and sparkling harmonies, Fullerton and Orlando find their full voice on their new album ‘Hard Feelings’ available August 13th.
About the track: “Making things weird in relationships through either distance or impatience, awkwardness or envy, longing or regret. I think we all have the thing we should’ve said when the moment came but we missed.” – Andrew Fullerton
“This record is about the difficult conversations we have with ourselves, our partners, and our friends and family” says Fullerton, “And also how do we have these conversations with empathy”.
The sentiment is reinforced by Orlando’s high & lonesome vocal harmony and a plaintive fiddle part played by Amy Alvey of Golden Shoals, who recorded remotely from her home in Nashville. Elsewhere on the record Fullerton negotiates with a friend about checking into rehab on ‘Little in Love’, intervenes on family politics on ‘Death Wish’, analyzes a road-weary relationship on the title track ‘Hard Feelings’ and dissects his own masculinity on ‘Fancy Boy’. “It’s just the two of us when we tour, so Andrew and I have these very deep, existential conversations about our lives, love, nihilism, music, and all these different things,” says Orlando. “The songs were born from those conversations”.
Singer/Songwriter John Gleason of the band Roadside Graves says about the record: “’Hard Feelings’ swings distinctly between foot stomps and laments, weariness and regrets, rejoice and forgiveness. The songs are earnest reflections of how well we can digest, process, and forgive past transgressions against us. Yea, time may heal, but recollection surely helps. Especially if we are eager to prevent the familiar cycle from repeating before realizing too late we were just more of the same. The circle can be broken. But, it’s not easy. We have music to help us on our way.”
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Headline photo: Jesse Gennett
