Nick Ferrio started Weird Weather when he was a coffee delivery boy,
carrying heavy carafes of coffee through hail, sleet and snow to
Peterborough’s downtown businesses. Filling the time between entry into
a shop and an exit with a slightly lighter thermos were those
conversations that fill the gaps in every awkward interaction, pregnant
pause and tentative approach; gaps and spaces that Ferrio’s songs
endeavour to bridge in ways other than “Weird weather we’ve been
having.”
Enlisting two other veterans of the coffee delivery and local
music scenes: drummer, organist and fellow Burning Hell member Mike
Twinkle-fingers Duguay and guitarist Jay Swinnerton, Ferrio took his
haunting songs to local audiences showcasing sweet harmonies and a
stark, yet powerful, band that offer a driving darkness to the
material. Between academics, work and their other creative projects,
the band has kept close to home for most of their tenure but have
enjoyed shows with bands they admire and share an affinity with, such
as $100, FemBots and Timber Timbre.
Since the release of a self-titled EP in 2008, which garnered
good reviews and plenty of Neil Young comparisons, Weird Weather’s
sound has continued evolving, showcasing a maturing songwriter whose
interests have deepened and darkened. Forgoing the lo-fidelity sound of
their first recording, the band went to House of Miracles engineer and
“the Timbaland of southern Ontario alt-country” Andy Magoffin for t …
Nick Ferrio started Weird Weather when he was a coffee delivery boy,
carrying heavy carafes of coffee through hail, sleet and snow to
Peterborough’s downtown businesses. Filling the time between entry into
a shop and an exit with a slightly lighter thermos were those
conversations that fill the gaps in every awkward interaction, pregnant
pause and tentative approach; gaps and spaces that Ferrio’s songs
endeavour to bridge in ways other than “Weird weather we’ve been
having.”
Enlisting two other veterans of the coffee delivery and local
music scenes: drummer, organist and fellow Burning Hell member Mike
Twinkle-fingers Duguay and guitarist Jay Swinnerton, Ferrio took his
haunting songs to local audiences showcasing sweet harmonies and a
stark, yet powerful, band that offer a driving darkness to the
material. Between academics, work and their other creative projects,
the band has kept close to home for most of their tenure but have
enjoyed shows with bands they admire and share an affinity with, such
as $100, FemBots and Timber Timbre.
Since the release of a self-titled EP in 2008, which garnered
good reviews and plenty of Neil Young comparisons, Weird Weather’s
sound has continued evolving, showcasing a maturing songwriter whose
interests have deepened and darkened. Forgoing the lo-fidelity sound of
their first recording, the band went to House of Miracles engineer and
“the Timbaland of southern Ontario alt-country” Andy Magoffin for their
first full-length: Surface of the Moon which will be released this
spring and kick off a long-awaited Eastern Canadian tour.
For Booking Information: weird.weather@gmail.com
