Wussy/Paranoid Style - New American Standard
(Bar/None, 2018) Wussy teamed up with friends The Paranoid Style for a special split single on Bar None Records!
WUSSY / THE PARANOID STYLE - New American Standard / Absolute Cadavers
Bar None Records (US)
Wussy teams up with friends The Paranoid Style for a split single on Bar/None Records, with Wussy’s “New American Standard” on the A side, and Paranoid Style’s “Absolute Cadavers on the flip!
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Wussy - Getting Better
(Damnably, 2018) A four-track all-covers EP, issued for Record Store Day 2018. Created as a UK-only limited edition release on yellow vinyl.
WUSSY - Getting Better EP
Damnably (UK)
A UK covers-only EP, issued as a special limited edition record on solid yellow vinyl for Record Store Day 2018. As they did for their previous RSD 2016 cover of Joy Division’s “Ceremony”, the band bring their distinctive mix of drone rock, grunge and Americana arrangements to pay homage to the Fab Four, and fellow Ohio artists.
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Wussy - Ceremony
(Damnbly, 2016) Wussy covers the Joy Division / New Order classic for Record Store Day 2016.
WUSSY - Ceremony Single
Damnably (UK)
Ceremony is a Record Store Day exclusive 7” single featuring two new unheard tracks from Cincinnati’s Wussy, released by Damnably records on gold vinyl. Limited to 533 copies, (300 of which went to Shake It Records for exclusive sale in North America).
“Staying faithful to the new-wave pioneers’ looping guitar line, Wussy throw in layers of hazy, frayed distortion while singing Ian Curtis’ last lyrics together in unruly unison.” – SPIN
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Wussy - Dropping Houses
(Shake It, 2016) “A swaggering, bleary, distorted churn topped off by another virtuoso vocal duet from Walker and Cleaver.”
WUSSY - Dropping Houses
Shake It Records (US)
Released as the lead single from Forever Sounds on random colored wax (physical copies are sold out).
“Swirling, psych-rock riffs that expand outward seemingly without end” - The A.V. Club
“If you’re not familiar with the fuzzy dream pop psych of Cincinnati’s Wussy, you’re in for a treat.” - Noisey
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Wussy - Public Domain
(Shake It, 2015) A limited edition hand-stamped EP of five classic Folk and Americana-inspired songs. Released for Record Store Day 2015.
WUSSY - Public Domain, Vol. 1
Shake It Records (US)
2015 Record Store Day exclusive. Limited Edition (600). Hand-stamped and numbered. (CD sold out)
“Their roots alt-country, their sonics arena-drone, they subject five pieces of Americana history to the treatment for Record Store Day” - Robert Christgau
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Wussy Duo - Wussy Duo
(Shake It, 2013) A Record Store Day 2013 limited edition release from Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker. Features early versions of “New American Standard” and “North Sea Girls”.
WUSSY DUO - Wussy Duo
Shake It Records (US)
Wussy Duo is Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker. This was a limited hand-stamped and numbered release for Record Store Day 2013. (The physical version is now out of print.)
“.. two of Lisa Walker’s address yet another Wussy preoccupation, the failed consolations of religion. So her climactic praisesong to English girls who swim in the North Sea like it’s summertime comes as a true relief, with Cleaver’s piano tracing a delicate counterpoint. Inspirational Verse: ‘The Witnesses will all be waiting for the chance to be the first to squeal / As you’re going through your souvenirs to help decide what is and isn’t real.’ That’s how I hear it, anyway.” [A-] - Robert Christgau’s Consumer Guide
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The Heartless Bastards/Wussy - Dangerous Highway
(Shake It, 2012) A split single with Heartless Bastards celebrating the songs of Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section stalwart Eddie Hinton.
THE HEARTLESS BASTARDS / WUSSY - Got Down Last Saturday Night / Breakfast in Bed
Shake It Records (US)
Dangerous Highway - A Tribute to the Songs of Eddie Hinton, Vol. 3
Vol. 3 in this Shake It Records series is shared by Wussy and Heartless Bastards. Wussy’s cover of the Dusty Springfield classic “Breakfast in Bed” (penned with Eddie’s friend and songwriting partner Donnie Fritts) is backed by a much more obscure side from The Coleman-Hinton Project, titled “Got Down Last Saturday Night”, that wasn’t released until years later (on a comp titled Lost & Found).
Volumes in This Series:
Vol. 1 - GREG DULLI: “Hard Luck Guy” / “Cover Me”
Vol. 2 - DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: “Where’s Eddie” / “Everybody Needs Love”
Vol. 3 - HEARTLESS BASTARDS / WUSSY: “Got Down Last Saturday Night” / “Breakfast in Bed”
Vol. 4 - BUFFALO KILLERS: "Heavy Makes You Happy" / "Still Water Runs Deep"
Wussy/The Fervor - The Green Belt
(Karate Body, 2009) Released on translucent green vinyl, the Green Belt pairs Wussy with friends The Fervor, each playing previously unreleased versions of songs.
WUSSY / THE FERVOR - Fly Fly Fly / No Apology
Karate Body Records (US)
Released on translucent green vinyl in 2009 by Karate Body Records. The Green Belt is the second in the label's Belt Series, which pairs Wussy with friends The Fervor, each playing previously unreleased versions of songs. The split single was made in a limited edition of 500 and comes in a custom matchbook jacket designed by Dexterity Press.
Wussy - Rigor Mortis
(Shake It, 2008) Wussy’s first EP, featuring tracks from Left for Dead, three new songs, and live performances from WOXY.
WUSSY - Rigor Mortis
Shake It Records (US)
On the heels of the much lauded second full length, Left for Dead, Wussy return with their new Rigor Mortis EP. Former Ass Ponys’ frontman Chuck Cleaver continues to step away from his past incarnation to create something wholly new, along with co-writer and vocalist, Lisa Walker. Production duties again fell on the shoulders of John Curley (Afghan Whigs) who managed to somehow balance all the parts of Wussy as equals: From swampy-Americana to Velvet Underground infused with a folk to bedroom-produced pop-jems.
“I underrated this EP five years ago because, having never seen the band play, I had no inkling of how much I’d end up valuing their live recordings–how much I’d love hearing two perfectly unmatched voices interact in the moment… ‘Airborne’ is the finest version of their finest song, which leads their first and finest album. But of course, they’re all worth owning. As is this.” [Grade: B+] - Robert Christgau’s Consumer Guide
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