Weirdon

Weirdon
Studio album by Purling Hiss
Released	September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23)
Recorded	February 2014 (2014-02)
Studio	Black Dirt Studio, NYC
Genre	Indie rock
Length	43:48
Label	Drag City
Producer	Jason Meagher, Mike Polizze
Purling Hiss chronology
Water on Mars (2013) Weirdon (2014) High Bias (2016)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(76/100) [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10) [3]
PopMatters	(7/10) [4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
Uncut	[6]

Weirdon is the fifth studio album by Purling Hiss, released on September 23, 2014 by Drag City.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike Polizze.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Forcefield of Solitude"	3:41
2.	"Sundance Saloon Boogie"	2:07
3.	"Learning Slowly"	4:58
4.	"Another Silvermoon"	6:03
5.	"Reptil-a-genda"	5:22
6.	"Where's Sweetboy"	2:20
7.	"Aging Faces"	2:51
8.	"I Don't Wanna Be A..."	3:54
9.	"Airwaves"	1:25
10.	"Running Through My Dreams"	3:08
11.	"Six Ways to Sunday"	7:59

Personnel

Adapted from the Weirdon liner notes. ^[7]

Purling Hiss

• Kiel Everett – bass guitar, acoustic guitar
• Ben Leaphart – drums
• Mike Polizze  – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, production, cover art

Production and additional personnel

• Jason Killinger – cover art
• Jason Meagher – production, photography
• Roger Seibel – mastering
• Tiffany Yoon – photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	2014	Drag City	CD, CS, LP	DC533

References

1. "Weirdon – Purling Hiss". Metacritic . Retrieved June 4, 2017.
2. Thomas, Fred. "Purling Hiss: Weirdon > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
3. Heller, Jason (September 18, 2014). "Purling Hiss: Weirdon". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved January 12, 2016.
4. Arado, Matt (October 13, 2014). "Purling Hiss: Weirdon". PopMatters . Retrieved January 12, 2016.
5. Mejia, Paula (October 10, 2014). "Weirdon". Rolling Stone . Retrieved January 12, 2016.
6. columnist (October 2014). "Purling Hiss: Weirdon". Uncut : 77. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
7. Weirdon (booklet). Purling Hiss. Warwick, New York: Drag City. 2014.

External links

• Weirdon at Discogs (list of releases)