BIO:
Based out of the lonely Midwest of America, the Wheelers are a four-piece band specializing in sonic assaults of manic alternative/garage rock.
The band is excited to share their most recent release, the self-titled full-length, "the Wheelers" on Maximum Ames Records. The album features ten blistering tracks of sincere, melodic chaos, proving to be their most exhilarating release to date.
The Wheelers' latest is a fitting follow-up to their aggressive 2011 seven-inch records, the extended play entitled, “BUBiX” and a split with fellow Iowa band, Mumford’s. Both were released on the Blood On The Vinyl label.
2009 saw the release of the band’s second full-length album, “Milwaukee Black & Tan” on which the band worked with legendary producer KRAMER (Daniel Johnston, Low, Bongwater, Butthole Surfers, Galaxie 500, Danielson Famile, White Zombie, etcetera.)
In 2008, the band contributed a cover of the Breeders’ smash 1993 single, “Cannonball” to the American Laundromat Records release, “GIGANTIC - A Tribute to Kim Deal.”
Their 2006 debut release, “Observance of the High Ideals” presented ten powerful tracks of thick fuzz.
In a review published in Little Village: Iowa City’s News & Culture Magazine, Erik Farseth (Punk Planet, Maximumrocknroll) had this to say about the band, “At its best, indie rock has always attempted to subvert the tough guy poses of its punk and hardcore brethren, an anti-macho stance that can easily degenerate into preciousness or infantilism. Not so here. This marks the point where the deliberate naivety of the lo-fi movement finally circles back on itself. This is heavy, brutal music for tender hearted creatures.”
The band has been compared to Pavement, Pissed Jeans, the Pixies and Unwound.
In the past they have performed with Fidlar, The Orwells, White Mystery, Dressy Bessy, Simon Joyner, Jake Bellows (Neva Dinova), Blackpool Lights, House of Large Sizes, The Poison Control Center and Ed Gray
explore: http://www.bewarethewheelers.com
listen: http://thewheelers.bandcamp.com
contact: wheelers (AT) mail (DOT) com
