Some Reviews and Quotes
A Promoters Praise TEA South
TEA South has been working with The Weak Need for over 1 year as a featured artist on our compilation CD TEA Volume 12. We were extremely impressed with the song writing, musicianship, and production from both of their CDs released to date. The raw emotion and passion that pours out in their songs is very moving and has what we like to call…The Chill Factor. Lyrics are honest and truthful with deep messages of hope. We were very impressed with the response the Weak Need received at radio and continue to receive through our compilation CD. We just had to get the Weak Need on our yearly TEA Summer Showcase at the Rivoli on July 18, 2009. They were the highlight of the evening with a polished, professional and well developed live show. The response from the audience at the showcase was extremely good and we hope they will play the showcase again next year if they choose. In a nutshell the Weak Need are a top notch band within their genre that have risen to the top. Very impressive!
TEA South has been working with The Weak Need for over 1 year as a featured artist on our compilation CD TEA Volume 12. We were extremely impressed with the song writing, musicianship, and production from both of their CDs released to date. The raw emotion and passion that pours out in their songs is very moving and has what we like to call…The Chill Factor. Lyrics are honest and truthful with deep messages of hope. We were very impressed with the response the Weak Need received at radio and continue to receive through our compilation CD. We just had to get the Weak Need on our yearly TEA Summer Showcase at the Rivoli on July 18, 2009. They were the highlight of the evening with a polished, professional and well developed live show. The response from the audience at the showcase was extremely good and we hope they will play the showcase again next year if they choose. In a nutshell the Weak Need are a top notch band within their genre that have risen to the top. Very impressive!
Restitution
A little weak in confidence but powerful in production The Record
It takes a certain amount of nerve to give your band a name like The Weak Need.
Doing so is practically an invitation to music critics — the opportunistic vultures that they/we can so often be — to utilize the name as an easy linguistic weapon against the band in a snarky review.
“Weak,” such a soupus scribe might snarl, “is precisely the right word for the music!”
Or: “I’ll tell you what these guys need — a better album!”
There shall be no such sniping here, though, since The Weak Need have a secret weapon of their own, which they have fired in a pre-emptive strike: a self-assured, beautifully produced album, Restitution.
In other words, their chutzpah was warranted, because there’s nothing particularly weak or needy about this solid 10-track collection of lush emo-pop.
The band strides comfortably into the radio-friendly territory of bands like Muse and Keane, with brief glimmers of the adventurousness of Radiohead and Aereogramme. While no aspect of this album can rightly be described as “weak,” some listeners (myself included) might suggest that the album feels a little too restrained or cautious at times. On several tracks, the band builds a crescendo that never quite reaches its peak, like a firework that launches into the air but fizzles out before the big colourful explosion.
The best tracks on the album, such as the stellar Ferris Wheel and Beyond The Stars, are the ones on which the musicians crank the volume, stomp the distortion pedals and belt out the lyrics with rockstar swagger.
Such bombastic tracks, however, are outnumbered by the heartfelt ballads that showcase frontman Sean Croley’s emotive vocals and laudable talents on the piano. Some of these softer songs, like the album closer Thank You, feature haunting harmonies and evocative lyricism, but others could benefit from a bit more guitar-fuelled oomph.
The album, recorded at Kitchener’s IIdB Studios, boasts some of the loveliest production quality you’re liable to hear from an indie band, and makes for a strong, satisfying listen.
The band demonstrated some chutzpah when choosing a name. If they’d only show a bit more chutzpah by truly rocking out when the time is right, they’d be nigh-on perfect.
chunter@therecord.com
It takes a certain amount of nerve to give your band a name like The Weak Need.
Doing so is practically an invitation to music critics — the opportunistic vultures that they/we can so often be — to utilize the name as an easy linguistic weapon against the band in a snarky review.
“Weak,” such a soupus scribe might snarl, “is precisely the right word for the music!”
Or: “I’ll tell you what these guys need — a better album!”
There shall be no such sniping here, though, since The Weak Need have a secret weapon of their own, which they have fired in a pre-emptive strike: a self-assured, beautifully produced album, Restitution.
In other words, their chutzpah was warranted, because there’s nothing particularly weak or needy about this solid 10-track collection of lush emo-pop.
The band strides comfortably into the radio-friendly territory of bands like Muse and Keane, with brief glimmers of the adventurousness of Radiohead and Aereogramme. While no aspect of this album can rightly be described as “weak,” some listeners (myself included) might suggest that the album feels a little too restrained or cautious at times. On several tracks, the band builds a crescendo that never quite reaches its peak, like a firework that launches into the air but fizzles out before the big colourful explosion.
The best tracks on the album, such as the stellar Ferris Wheel and Beyond The Stars, are the ones on which the musicians crank the volume, stomp the distortion pedals and belt out the lyrics with rockstar swagger.
Such bombastic tracks, however, are outnumbered by the heartfelt ballads that showcase frontman Sean Croley’s emotive vocals and laudable talents on the piano. Some of these softer songs, like the album closer Thank You, feature haunting harmonies and evocative lyricism, but others could benefit from a bit more guitar-fuelled oomph.
The album, recorded at Kitchener’s IIdB Studios, boasts some of the loveliest production quality you’re liable to hear from an indie band, and makes for a strong, satisfying listen.
The band demonstrated some chutzpah when choosing a name. If they’d only show a bit more chutzpah by truly rocking out when the time is right, they’d be nigh-on perfect.
chunter@therecord.com
Mae on a dinner with Pink Floyd Melodic.net
It feels like Sean Croley and his The Weak Need has taken it one step further from the 2007 EP “Walk” to the brand new full length album “Restitution”.
The music is more mature and experimental on this 55 minute long album, this is what I would like to call album music where all songs fit together like pieces in a puzzle instead of a few hit singles and fillers as the rest.
You will not get much out of The Weak Need if you just listen to one or two songs to get an impression, you truly need to hear the whole thing to be able to get the full picture because otherwise – it would be like looking at a half done painting or watching just a part of a movie.
The best way to describe their sound on the new album is, imagine Mae on a dinner with Pink Floyd and “Restitution” would be their musical creation.
Perhaps the drums could’ve been higher in the mix but it’s not a big deal, you easily forget about that when you hear Croley’s enchanting melodies.
It feels like Sean Croley and his The Weak Need has taken it one step further from the 2007 EP “Walk” to the brand new full length album “Restitution”.
The music is more mature and experimental on this 55 minute long album, this is what I would like to call album music where all songs fit together like pieces in a puzzle instead of a few hit singles and fillers as the rest.
You will not get much out of The Weak Need if you just listen to one or two songs to get an impression, you truly need to hear the whole thing to be able to get the full picture because otherwise – it would be like looking at a half done painting or watching just a part of a movie.
The best way to describe their sound on the new album is, imagine Mae on a dinner with Pink Floyd and “Restitution” would be their musical creation.
Perhaps the drums could’ve been higher in the mix but it’s not a big deal, you easily forget about that when you hear Croley’s enchanting melodies.
"Shaped by songs that deliver a gentle sincerity with a powerful intensity, The Weak Need are a whole new angle on the sound stage that unites generations of fans in its musical delivery. With influences like "The Cure, Linkin Park, and Pink Floyd," it is easy to see how the diverse musical influences within the band meld together to form something completely unique to Canada."
Some of our shows and clippings
