Creeping Weeds

We Are All Part of a Dream You Are Having

(Hot Horse)

Record Review by Alexis Roberts

If you like a band who is overtly a little bit weird then Creeping Weeds are a good addition to your collection. Their psychedelic album cover for We Are All Part of a Dream You Are Having is the first giveaway that they might be a little bit on the outlandish side. The second giveaway is the opening track. “Part of a Dream” is a distinctly creepy lullaby sung in hushed and monotone voices over an out-of-tune piano. It’s redundant and nightmarish and it sounds nothing like the rest of the album in the least bit. But no two songs on the album sound anything alike; that's part of the charm of Creeping Weeds. They are eclectic and eccentric, but not over the top…. Well, maybe a little over the top, but holing yourself up underground in isolation during the writing process will do that to you.

The rest of the album is a bouncy mix of everything including Americana, indie-pop, experimental rock and all the while it remains highly saturated in undeniable folksiness. Although the album is relatively lo-fi, it doesn’t give off the dirty and unpolished lo-fi vibe.

Creeping Weeds pushed themselves to create something original with We Are All Part of a Dream You Are Having. It was an honest shot at creating something new, but no matter how honest, it seems impossible to create something totally original. The blatant influences of Pavement and Neil Young kind of blow their cover. The Creeping Weeds are a solid band, though, and we must remember that even the most original artist pulls inspiration from elsewhere.