Leírás
Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Avant-Indie Rock, Folk Rock, CD kiadvány, 2025-ös album.
Runnner’s sophomore full-length, A Welcome Kind of Weakness, emerged from a simultaneous tear in songwriter Noah Weinman’s body and life. Written during the months spent bedridden and healing from a torn achilles and the drastic upheaval of a breakup, the 11 songs on this record are Weinman’s most bracing, inviting the perceived vulnerability of the album’s title willingly. But at the same time, these songs are Runnner’s most present, defiant and self-assured, a reminder of the resolve that can come from gracefully accepting submission.
In the summer of 2022, Runnner’s Noah Weinman found himself amidst a lot of change. On the one hand, he was going through a breakup—moving house and reeling. But on the other hand, life was on the up. He was preparing to release his highly anticipated debut record on Run For Cover Records in the new year, like dying stars, we’re reaching out, and would be on the road for the better part of three months in support of it, doing his first headline run of North America at the start of 2023.
This turning point in his career was the culmination of five years spent working in the Los Angeles music scene, and building a name for the Runnner project, as well as for himself as a producer (for Skullcrusher and later Gigi Perez, Odie Leigh and Horsepower) and contributor to countless bands. And so, this moment marked a kind of arrival, the horizon point of the sustainable musician’s life he’d envisioned drawing near. It was the kind of excitement that eclipses the pain of heartbreak, for a time.
But on A Welcome Kind of Weakness, Weinman soars for the first time in high fidelity. Runnner’s first studio record, it recalls the larger-than-life highs of the early aughts rock that Weinman grew up on, bands like Coldplay, Radiohead, and Snow Patrol with their pristine vocal presence, scintillating guitar riffs, and astral synth sparkle. This is rock music in its most delicious form, music that gave Weinman something to look forward to when he could finally play live again. “I was so frustrated with the quiet inertia of bed rest. I craved rocking out, whereas with past records my life was hectic and I wanted stillness.”
Creating this sound required moving recording and production out of the home studio for the first time, which wasn’t easy at first for Weinman who’s used to having complete control over the process. “Not having the songs on my computer was really challenging. There was way less persistent tweaking.” But that trust in the process—and his touring band mates’ playing—created a sound that’s more propulsive, more enveloping, more alive and 3D.
Dualities—weakness/resolve, nostalgia/presence, control/powerlessness—held in such close conversation that make the songs on A Welcome Kind of Weakness so affecting and relatable. We are all perpetually pulled between poles, swinging along the spectrums of experience, but it takes a certain bravery to sit in the murky middle long enough to write about it. And in his willingness to bear witness to that transitory space, Weinman’s created a powerful reminder for listeners and for himself. You may think you won’t run again, but, given time, you might.
Felvételek:
1. A Welcome
2. Achilles And 04:14
3. Spackle 05:35
4. Chamomile 03:40
5. Claritin
6. PVD
7. Coinstar
8. Get Real Sleep 03:56
9. Split 03:00
10. Sublets
11.Untitled October Song 03:20
