It’s understandable that the members of L.A.-based duo Tweak Bird are on the same wavelength. Caleb Benjamin and Ashton Leech are brothers, and the music they make carries all the creative joy of boyhood, only amplified to ground-shaking volumes. Tweak Bird’s new full-length, Any Ol’ Way, is a testament to the siblings’ intuitive grasp of both grungy heaviness and horrendously large hooks, as evidenced on the track “Peace Walker” (which is being debuted here). With bludgeoning distortion at the bottom and sugary, psychedelic melodies on top, the song is just a taste of the album’s calorie-rich sludge-pop.
Any Ol’ Way will be released May 20 via Let’s Pretend.
Tweak Bird tour 2014
May 24—Cellar Door—Visalia, California
May 25—The Night Light—Oakland, California
May 27—The Holland Project—Reno, Nevada
May 29—Bunk Bar—Portland, Oregon
May 30—Volume Festival—Spokane, Washington
May 31—The Highline—Seattle, Washington
June 1—The Crux—Boise, Idaho
June 2—Kilby Court—Salt Lake City, Utah
June 3—Hi-Dive—Denver, Colorado
June 5—The Riot Room—Kansas City, Missouri
June 6—Beat Kitchen—Chicago, Illinois
June 8—PJ’s Lager House—Detroit, Michigan
June 10—Smiling Moose—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 11—Ortlieb’s—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 12—Death By Audio—Brooklyn, New York
June 14—Strange Matter—Richmond, Virginia
June 16—529—Atlanta, Georgia
June 17—The Bottletree—Birmingham, Alabama
June 19—Three Links—Dallas, Texas
June 22—Trainyard—Las Cruces, New Mexico
June 23—Yucca Tap Room—Tempe, Arizona
June 24 —Soda Bar—San Diego, California