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Shortly after signing their record deal, Weather left their home in the Desert of Salt Lake City for the Forests of the Northwest, eager to make their first record and hit the road. But it wasn't that simple. Within weeks, two incidents befell the band; their guitarist and bassist quit and they heard The Cure for the first time. Shell-shocked, the remaining members of Weather responded by throwing out the 40 songs they had saved up and slowly rebuilding; finding a new band, a new sound, a new home, and new songs for the record.

The result is Calling Up My Bad Side, an album of pop-inflected Post-Radiohead Rock whose potent melodies and adventurous guitars sweep you up like the upswing of a depression. From rocking anthems to slow-burning confessionals, Weather's songs put a silver lining on their melancholy and a knowing smile on idle threats.

Weather places the piano at the center of a sea of atmospheric crescendos and exploding choruses and melody above all else. Determined to say what they mean and mean what they play, they deliver songs married to the band, playing to their own strengths, not their aspirations.

"We were so lucky. We went through so many changes this year and learned so much," says singer/pianist Sean Campbell. "The band got broken down to its bare essentials and had to come back from that by putting a lot more of ourselves into the music."

When Utah's Campbell and drummer Kerry Cockayne landed in Tacoma, WA, they took up residence at Spectre Studios to begin writing. There they met a pair of young guitarists, Tyler Pratt and Joe Yohann. Pratt and Yohann had been playing together since they were 15 and brought an incredible chemistry, already developed, to Campbell's new song ideas.

Working with Producers Evan Brubaker and Troy Glessner (aka The A-Team), Weather proceeded to work through new material drawing on bands like Interpol, The Cure, Sunny Day Real Estate and U2 for inspiration. Calling Up My Bad Side is the debut album on Cake Records.