The debut full-length from Shaun Durkan (Vocals/Bass/Baritone Guitar), Kevin Johnson (Guitar) and Abe Pedroza (Drums), the post-punk trio from San Francisco is full of noise, confusion, apathy & pure bliss. Like the beautiful black & white artwork that accompanies the LP, Sports is stark, primitive and comforting at the same time. You may have heard it before and you may have even lived it, but that’s what is so wonderful about this slab of vinyl. Shards of guitar stab you in the heart like psychocandy and bass lines are simply unknown pleasures. Durkan’s vocals are haunting voices from a faraway world or even a dream that you may have had.

“Coma Summer” has the rhythmic drive of a train speeding out of control while “Monday Morning” ebbs and flows like the soft gentle waves of a pool after the last swim of the day. As singer Shaun Durkan puts it, “Our goal has always been to balance the abrasive qualities of punk and noise with something more introspective and vulnerable. Creating that simultaneous push and pull. Like the beauty of an oil fire.”

If one can create a piece of art that completely encapsulates the awkwardness and disillusionment of adolescence than Weekend has done it. Sports feels like you’re all alone in your bedroom and the world outside doesn’t matter or even exist and you’re okay with that, in fact it’s perfect.

The band has just released a beautiful new video for “Monday Morning / Monangah, WV” (via Pitchfork) and is currently on the road in support of Sports with Young Prisms.

11.17: Chicago, IL – Subterranean $
11.18: Grand Rapids, MI – Founders Brewery $
11.19: Detroit, MI – The Contemporary Art $
11.20: Pittsburgh, PA – Most Wanted Fine Art $
11.21: Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands $
11.22: Allston, MA – O’Brien’s Pub $
11:23: Milford, CT – Daniel Street $
11.26: Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s $
11.27: New York, NY – Cake Shop $

$ = w/ Young Prisms