A Seattle trio consisting of Dylan Fuentes, Miles Hubbard and Mitch Midkiff, Weep Wave on this second album dances around all sorts of genres while still being anchored to the gritty rock their hometown is known for. The legendary Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, L7, Mark Lanegan) mastered the effort, and it's in line with some of his best work to date. 
The thumping drums of “Conscious Dust” opens and are met with Fuentes’ bellowing vocals and dense guitar for a driving version of garage rock. “Rebirth Mantra” then emits plenty of melody and ruggedness, where a swirling post-punk appeal won’t go unnoticed.
Things take a drastic turn in the middle, where the buzzing electro-pop of “Slow Collapse” brings some cosmic, club-friendly sounds, while the dense and psyche-rock flavored “The Pattern” lets Midkiff’s bass acrobatics shine. “Micro Details Of The Universe,” the shortest tune, then uses talking and a bare, dreamy delivery that illustrates even more diversity.
Residing near the end, the scrappy “Surrender” spotlights Hubbard’s skilled drumming in a more punk rock-focused moment, and “Never Wake Up,” a late album highlight, leads with dream pop before bursting into hard hitting psyche-rock that pounds with intrigue. The final track, “Credits To My Life,” then soars with an anthemic quality of punchy and timeless rock.
A fantastic record that’s all over the place yet still very cohesive, all sorts of variations of rock live here, and the thick riffs, electronic bouts, strategic dissonance and curious atmospherics make each tune a bit different but equally memorable.
Reference points include Queens Of The Stone Age, Modest Mouse, Sonic Youth or even Mudhoney, and I feel it’s pretty safe to say that if punk, garage or psyche-rock are in your interests, Weep Wave might just be your new favorite band.