Whirr - Around Carcass and more grounded in the

and more grounded in the dirt than Sunbather

- With no material to work with and no clear idea of the album's direction

and a year later was awarded with the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm

now consisting of Joseph Tholl (vocals and bass)

Whirr - Around Carcass and more grounded in theWith their two albums to date, Bay Area six piece Whirr have developed a reputation for dirgeful shoegaze, buttressed with textured layers or guitar and weighty, driving compositions. Spacious and moody, their 2012 LP Pipe Dream drew comparisons to heavyweights of the genre My Bloody Valentine, Ride and Slowdive. Now, Whirr returns with Around, an album that finds the group restrained, and perhaps even a bit darker. Here, they explore longer songs,