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Claritin Blue Colour

Tracklist:

1. A Welcome Kind of Weakness
2. Achilles And
3. Spackle
4. Chamomile
5. Claritin
6. PVD
7. Coinstar
8. Get Real Sleep
9. Split
10. Sublets
11. Untitled October Song

Runnners sophomore full-length, A Welcome Kind of Weakness, emerged from a simultaneous tear in songwriter Noah Weinmans body and life. Written during the months spent bedridden and healing from a torn achilles and the drastic upheaval of a breakup, the 11 songs on this record are Weinmans most bracing, inviting the perceived vulnerability of the albums title willingly. But at the same time, these songs are Runnners most present, defiant and self-assured, a reminder of the resolve that can come from gracefully accepting submission.

Longtime fans of Weinmans likely fell for his signature homespun indie rock, recorded almost exclusively in bedrooms and home studios, where his poignant and self-deprecating lyrics float over beds of banjos, guitars and reverberant horns crescendoing to cathartic peaks. But on A Welcome Kind of Weakness, Weinman soars for the first time in high fidelity. Runnners first studio record, it recalls the larger-than-life highs of the early aughts rock that Weinman
grew up on, bands like Coldplay, Radiohead, and Snow Patrol with their pristine vocal presence, scintillating guitar riffs, and astral synth sparkle. This is rock music in its most delicious form, music that gave Weinman something to look forward to when he could finally play live again.

But as high as the sonic highs may be on A Welcome Kind of Weakness, we also see Weinman struggling gracefully with the questions that emerge from moments of physical and emotional undoing. As he sings about spackling holes in the house he shared with his ex and reckoning with a long span of physical futility, were reminded, too, of all the spectrums of experience we endure. We are all perpetually pulled between pollsweakness/resolve, nostalgia/presence, powerlessness/controlbut it takes a certain bravery to sit in the murky middle long enough to write about it. And in his willingness to bear witness to that transitory space, Weinman seems to reassure us: You may think you wont run again, but, given time, you might.