Kevin Bronson on September 23rd, 2011

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No label does as much to keep the C86/Creation Records/post-punk flame burning as Bay Area-based Slumberland Records, and those who like to give their Joy Division and Jesus and Mary Chain records a rest every once in a while hope the light never goes out. San Francisco post-punk trio Weekend ably carries the torch, the gloomy reverb and urgent rhythms on 2010’s “Sports” EP putting them on the map. Now Shaun Durkan, Kevin Johnson and Abe Pedroza have returned with this month’s “Red” EP, with songs like “Hazel” and “Sweet Sixteen” doing the genre proud. Keep lobbing me fuzz bombs, lads.

||| Download: “Hazel”

||| Live: Weekend performs tonight at the Echo, with Talk Normal and Tan Dollar supporting.