The Weakerthans Band

Post about The Weakerthans, John K. Samson, and related topics here.

 

John has been playing a few new songs at shows recently. Hoping for a new record this year. I listened to Provincial again this morning and it's still fantastic.

 

God i hope we get something new from him this spring.

 

The list of things I love as much as Reconstruction Site is a very short one.

 

went to make this thread, was glad that it already existed

 

Left and Leaving, Reconstruction Site, and Reunion Tour is one of the best 3 album stretches in rock imo. What a band. They can pull off so many sounds so well, and John K is one of the best lyricists I've ever heard.

 

Finally listening to Reunion Tour, Virtute The Cat is fantastic

 

I've tried to get into them for a while and it hasn't really clicked yet. Which would you say is their best album?

 

same here

 

i think Reconstruction Site is easily the best place to start.

 

RS is best to start but L&L is their best

 

You can't really go wrong with the Weakerthans. John's got a great way of explaining stuff with lyrics that you couldn't put into words yourself.

 

Honestly, is there a bad song on a weakerthans record?

 

I've never been able to get into "Without Mythologies." I think it's the only relatively weak spot in their discography.

 

I like RS more than L&L, just more mature sounding and cleaner

 

I've given that album lots of tries and do not like it

 

I think time frame wise they are a band that just released stuff for the right time for me and the age I was. When Fallow came out i loved it, then L&L came out and I thought it was perfect, same with RS. Reunion Show didn't blow my mind, but it's super good and I think still a strong addition.

 

imo left and leaving is the best place to start, i think its a much more accessible album w/o the alt country ish influence and i also think its more indicative of their sound in general

 

I need to give Reunion Show another chance. I loved both L&L and Reconstruction Site so much when they came out that I was disappointed by it at the time. I'm sure I'd like it a lot more after all these years.

 

Yeah I think essentially up until Reunion Show every album really kind of changed and did something new that was really captivating. Reunion Show didn't really do that so at first I think we all felt unimpressed by it. Looking back now though it really is a great record full of good songs in my opinion, it just feels like a great follow up to RS instead of a groundbreaking record, and now i'm fine with that!

 

i prefer rt to rs at this point. the bookends especially are two of their best tracks imo

 

I'll give this one a listen then

 

one of the best bands

 

Haha is this the new PPMB?

 

The Virtue the Cat sequel on RT just wrecks me every time.