WEIGHT OF ATLAS

Portland, Oregon band, Weight Of Atlas formed in the summer of 2006. Lifetime drummer, Erik Stromquist, turned singer/songwriter placed an online classified for a collaborators. After several months of rehearsing, the group began playing shows with an ever-changing line-up that has included Shane Murray on lead guitar and Steve Weber for live shows. With Stromquist as lyrical and musical composer, the group examines the global setting of the post-cold war west, toying with sentiments of isolation, politics, and globalization. W.O.A. has been compared to Interpol, She Wants Revenge, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and early Depeche Mode. In the winter of 2007, Weight Of Atlas entered Permapress studio to master their their E.P., "On Either Side of the River." The E.P. was released in 2008 and the band, still comprised of Stromquist, have begun work on tracks for its second release which will be available toward the end of year.