HISTORY:
SEAWEED began releasing material on their own Leopard Gecko imprint in 1989, before releasing a vinyl single with K Records, signing to Sub Pop a few years later for their career building albums Despised, Weak and Four. Then Hollywood Records picked the band up in 1993 and released their largest album to date, 1995’s Spanaway, their bombastic major label offering. Lasting only a single album on Hollywood, the band and label unhitched and SEAWEED then moved back to the indies. Merge Records issued their final release in 1999. Actions and Indications turned into their swan song and the band split later that same year. SEAWEED’s decade of existence came to an end, yet their influence remains constant through the shifting tides of post-punk’s underground today.

SUMMARY:
SEAWEED had the blood, sweat and intensity which musically charged us in our formative years, as well as both the attitude and spirit which we look for in music today. With HOURS AND HOURS: A TRIBUTE TO SEAWEED, we present to you our second “tribute” on Engineer (the first being Shudder To Think; 2003) to another band that holds an integral influence over our label. Seventeen bands from various countries show that SEAWEED’s influence was not one-sided. From post-punk to metal, hardcore to indie-rock and even singer-songwriter, such a diverse roster was purposely chosen. Many of these bands are influental themselves in today’s vibrant music scene, busy on various taste-making record labels, yet still humble enough to help us realize this project. With a blessing by the members of Seaweed themselves to launch this project, alongside a handful of reunion shows last year (2007) and the possibility of new music this year (2008), SEAWEED is proving it’s heart is still on it’s sleeve in reaching fans new and old.