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Weikie album ‘Murder Came Before The Word’ out now!
“If you’re a fan of stripped back, atmospheric folk, then strap yourselves in and let Weikie take you on a journey.” - Artrocker
Weikie has released his second album, Murder Came Before The Word, via Function Records.
Artrocker are currently streaming the album in full, and you can also stream and buy it now via Weikie's BandCamp page.
You can also download album track 'Vixen' for free via Weikie's Bandcamp page.
Weikie (pronounced ‘why-kee’) is Adam Weikert, multi-instrumentalist, music technician and member of Her Name Is Calla. Adam’s sound is undoubtedly folk, steeped in Americana but with an ear for modern songwriting and production techniques. The result is an album that could sit proudly beside contemporaries such as Bright Eyes and Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties. He arrived at his sound almost in reverse, using classical, computer and minimalist music as a starting point and absorbing and adapting them into the shape present on the album. It’s less a sound of the past as it is the sound of a future reverted back to a pre-industrial era, with pre-programmed instruments blending seamlessly with clawhammer banjo and electric guitar. It’s a fascinating take that’s sure to appeal to both traditionalists and those with a hunger for the new.
Murder Came Before The Word is the follow up to his EP The Sapling From Ash. The title of the album is a reaction to society’s tendency to scapegoat creative media as the surrogates to violence and ill will. It suggests that evil can sometimes be intrinsic and solitary, that it came before we’d even given it a name. The album is an exploration of the personas of the self, and how they are reflected through the world. The first four tracks are an allegoric exploration of the impacts of war, fidelity and loss across several generations of a family reeling from the Great War. Following this, Adam then allows the listener to peek inside his soul as he attempts to parse and understand the every day world.
Murder Came Before The Word is released via Function Records and available to buy on CD and MP3 via Weikie's BandCamp page.