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WHEAT - Everyday I Said A Prayer For Kathy And Made A One Inch Square
| Lost At Sea magazine |
| Wheat. Just saying that word, preceded by a deep breath, is soothing. It reminds me of a scene from Woody Allen's Love and Death, in which he and Diane Keaton repeat "Wheat. All there is in life: wheat" for no particular reason, other than the Woodman's eclectic sense of humor. So it's a fitting name for a Massachusetts band that was originally conceived as an art project by two students, Scott Levesque and Brendan Harney, in the late Nineties. The band has had a low-key career curve, garnering critical acclaim, but also suffering from label mishaps, culminating in a hiatus after their third release and rumors that the band had broken up. ...full text |
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FORMED by two students at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth – Scott Levesque (vocals, guitar) and Brendan Harney (drums) – Wheat was originally conceived as an art project. They were quickly joined by Ricky Brennan (guitars, vocals) and put out their debut album Medeiros in 1998. It yielded an NME Single Of The Week in the form of Death Car as well as a bumper crop of superlatives from the press on both sides of the Atlantic....full text |
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| PitchFork |
| For years it seems Wheat fans have fallen into two camps. On one hand there are those who prefer the band's second album, 1999's Hope & Adams, which featured pop music sharply refined to its sleekest, simplest assemblage of elements: a riff, a verse, a chorus, a fade, not necessarily in that order. Minimalist to a fault, Hope & Adams sounded like it was made to be shed immediately: Its appeal continues to lie in its embrace of the ephemeral as transcendence. ...full text |
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