Weekend is an American lo-fi or shoegaze trio from San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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. The band formed in 2009 and released two EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

s, with the full-length debut album Sports coming on Slumberland Records

Slumberland Records

Slumberland Records is an American independent record label formed in 1989 in Washington, D.C. area and currently based in Oakland, CA. The label has released recordings from artists including Velocity Girl, Honeybunch, Lilys, Stereolab, St...

 in 2010. The album received an 8.2 rating from Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

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. It also received 4/5 stars on Tinymixtapes and was also reviewed by National Public Radio, the Portland Mercury, Boston Phoenix, NME

NME

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, Drowned in Sound

Drowned in Sound

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, Brooklyn Vegan, The Onion

The Onion

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's AV Club, and PopMatters

PopMatters

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.

Sports was also mentioned in Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated

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 alongside Huey Lewis

Huey Lewis

Huey Lewis is an American musician, songwriter and occasional actor.Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs...

' album with the same name.

Their song End Times was used in a commercial to promote Season 6 of Dexter

EPs

• All-American (2010, Mexican Summer
  Mexican Summer
  Founded by Kemado Records in 2008, Mexican Summer started out by releasing limited-edition, ornately packaged vinyl pieces. Mexican Summer has expanded its catalog to over 100 releases across multiple formats....
  
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• Red (2011, Slumberland, Limited transparent w/ gold splatter)

Split 7"s

• Weekend w/ End Times and Young Prisms w/ I Don't Get Much (2010, Transparent)