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A Stare Ajar

by Whimm

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A Stare Ajar 03:25
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Town Hall 02:26
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Undermine 03:14
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Second Sound 03:03
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Fifth Column 04:06
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Crescent 03:32
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Ushers 06:25

about

For the past three years, Toronto’s WHIMM have brought the searing intensity of their live performances to stages across North America, honed through touring and shows with likeminded artists like Ice Age, Merchandise and Frigs. Singer/guitarist Mounir Chami, bassist Andrew Matthews, and drummer Jonathan Pappo create ominous, emotionally charged avant-rock fusing spellbinding melodies with an urgency akin to 1980s anarcho-punk.

To capture this feverish sound on their debut LP, A Stare Ajar (due out October 27th, 2017 on Pleasence Records), WHIMM tapped producer Dean Tzenos, mastermind of abrasive industrial punks Odonis Odonis. The album’s 9 tracks were obsessively refined over several months both onstage and in their garage rehearsal space, yet the band purposefully limited recording sessions to two rapid-fire days with engineer Ian Gomes at Toronto’s Union Sound (Fucked Up, METZ, Greys).

While bottling the band’s frantic energy, A Stare Ajar adds new dimensions to WHIMM’s musical landscape, expanding their instrumental palette with violin, piano, and cello from members of Toronto groups HSY, Scott Hardware, and visual artist Olenka Syzmonski. The album draws on influences ranging from Southern Gothic country, as heard on cinematic opener “Ember in the Wheat”, to the uncompromising experimentation of late period Scott Walker.

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released October 27, 2017

Vox, Guitar - Mounir Chami
Bass - Andrew Matthews
Drums - Jonathan Pappo

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