Weevil (band)

Weevil
Weevil
Origin	London, England
Genres	Indietronica
Years active	1999–2007
Labels	Wichita Recordings
Past members	Jonny Pilcher; Tom Betts; Ambrose Seddon

Weevil were a British indietronica duo from London, formed in 1999, consisting of Jonny Pilcher and Tom Betts.

History

After releasing their self-titled debut album in 2001, were signed by Wichita Recordings. In 2004 they toured as part of Wichita's 'The Music Machines' touring package along with Bravecaptain and Her Space Holiday.^[1] Second album Drunk on Light was released in 2004, prompting comparisons with The Postal Service, Four Tet, and Aphex Twin.^[2]^[3] Les Inrockuptibles described the album as having elements of shoegazing and "cut and paste electronica".^[4] "Halfsmile" was released as a single in June 2004.^[5]

Portions of "Bytecry" from the album Drunk On Light were used for the Mac OS X Tiger intro video, which usually plays on the first bootup of any Mac installed with Mac OS X 10.4. ^{[dead link‍]} ^[6]

Discography

Albums

Weevil (2001), Where It's At Is Where You Are
Drunk On Light (2004), Wichita
Unreleased (2007), Orphan

Singles, EPs

Fragile EP (2001), Orphan
"Half-Smile"/"Lapsed" Single (2004), Wichita
No-Harm EP (2004), Wichita

References

^ Adams, Sean (2004) "Wichita Take Their Label's Music Machine on t'Road Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine", Drowned in Sound, 29 June 2004, retrieved 2012-01-25
^ Burns, Todd (2004) "Weevil Drunk On Light", Prefix, 15 April 2004, retrieved 2012-01-25
^ Ranta, Alan (2004) "Weevil Drunk on Light", Tiny Mix Tapes, retrieved 2012-01-25
^ "Drunk on Light - Weevil", Les Inrockuptibles, 31 March 2004, retrieved 2012-01-25
^ Diver, Mike (2004) "Weevil Halfsmile Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine", Drowned in Sound, 24 June 2004, retrieved 2012-01-25
^ "Weevil Takes on the Tiger", musicplayer.com, May 2005, retrieved 2012-01-25

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[Adams-1] Adams, Sean (2004) "Wichita Take Their Label's Music Machine on t'Road Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine", Drowned in Sound, 29 June 2004, retrieved 2012-01-25

[Burns-2] Burns, Todd (2004) "Weevil Drunk On Light", Prefix, 15 April 2004, retrieved 2012-01-25

[Ranta-3] Ranta, Alan (2004) "Weevil Drunk on Light", Tiny Mix Tapes, retrieved 2012-01-25

[inrocks-4] "Drunk on Light - Weevil", Les Inrockuptibles, 31 March 2004, retrieved 2012-01-25

[Diver-5] Diver, Mike (2004) "Weevil Halfsmile Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine", Drowned in Sound, 24 June 2004, retrieved 2012-01-25

[6] "Weevil Takes on the Tiger", musicplayer.com, May 2005, retrieved 2012-01-25

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