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Wussy Announce New Album + 2 New EPs

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Wussy announce a new LP + two new EPs! Cincinnati Ohio, The Great Divide, and Cellar Door all come out November 15th on Shake It Records, with the tracks “The Great Divide” and “Cellar Door” available today!
Preorder on Bandcamp or through Shake It Records. (Bundle all three here.)

From Stereogum: https://www.stereogum.com/2280028/wussy-the-great-divide-cellar-door/music/

Great American rock band Wussy have a new album on the way. The main band will return in November from a six-year hiatus with the aptly named Cincinnati Ohio, their first LP since the death of guitarist John Erhardt. Opening track “The Great Divide” is out today, a droning and propulsive heartland rocker that sounds like waking up from Lost In A Dream.

Wussy Duo Release “I Hear You Calling” (Bill Fay Cover) & Announce Undertow Tour Dates

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From Stereogum (Chris Deville):

Lisa Walker and former Ass Ponys frontman Chuck Cleaver have been co-leading the esteemed Cincinnati rock band Wussy together for well over two decades. Sometimes they go out on tour, just the two of them, under the name Wussy Duo. In that configuration, Walker and Cleaver have shared a new track today, and it’s a beaut. Released ahead of a Wussy Duo tour of ticketed house shows, “I Hear You Calling” is a dreamy, elegant cover of “I Hear You Calling,” the same Bill Fay classic covered by Kevin Morby in 2021.


A statement from Walker:

I first heard this song on BBC Radio 6, played by Gideon Coe I think. And I remember it just devastated me on the spot. It was my first introduction to the music of the great Bill Fay. I played a cover of it for Chuck and Mark on a livestream sometime in 2020, and the secondhand version had a similar effect on them. It later became a live Duo staple for our Undertow shows.

We do the best version we can, but we’re definitely not trying to top the original, which is perfect as is – a really beautiful, mournful work. Lyrically, it’s just stunning – simple and singable, like an old hymn. For me, it shares a hallowed space with songs like Candy Says, Paris 1919, Kentucky Avenue, Nebraska. We recorded this DIY at my home ‘studio’ called Pompatus of Sound (which is a laptop on a rolling kitchen cart), and kept it pretty close to our live version. Chuck and I both play guitar, with Chuck on piano; then I added vocals, some rhythm, a little mellotron/synth. Turned up the delay as always. I hope we do it justice.

Check out Wussy Duo’s tour dates. Tickets are available here.

TOUR DATES:
10/10 – Lexington KY
10/11 – Columbus OH
10/12 – St. Louis MO
10/13 – Rockford IL
10/15 – Evanston IL
10/16 – Berwyn IL
10/17 – Cleveland OH
10/18 – Dayton OH
10/19 – Cincinnati OH

https://www.stereogum.com/2278038/wussy-duo-i-hear-you-calling-bill-fay-cover/music/