Weekend (American band)

Not to be confused with The Weeknd.

This article is about the U.S. band. For other bands, see Weekend (disambiguation).

Weekend is an American lo-fi or shoegaze^[1] trio from San Francisco, California. The band formed in 2009^[3] and released two EPs, with the full-length debut album Sports coming on Slumberland Records in 2010.^[4] The album received an 8.2 rating from Pitchfork Media.^[5] It also received 4/5 stars on Tinymixtapes^[1] and was also reviewed by National Public Radio,^[6] the Portland Mercury,^[7] Boston Phoenix,^[8] NME,^[9] Drowned in Sound,^[10] Brooklyn Vegan,^[11] The Onion's AV Club,^[12] and PopMatters.^[13]

Weekend
Origin	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres	Shoegaze,[1] lo-fi, post-punk[2]
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Slumberland Records
Members	Shaun Durkan Kevin Johnson Abe Pedroza
Past members	Taylor Valentino
Website	weekendtheband.bandcamp.com

Sports was also mentioned in Sports Illustrated alongside the more commercially successful album with the same name by Huey Lewis and the News.^[14]

Their song "End Times" was used in a commercial to promote Season 6 of Dexter.

The band released their second album, Jinx, on July 23, 2013, on Slumberland Records.^[15]

In late 2018, Weekend toured with Nothing and Thursday.

Discography

Albums

• Sports (2010, Slumberland)
• Jinx (2013, Slumberland)

EPs

• Red (2011, Slumberland)

10" Singles

• All-American (2010, Mexican Summer)

7" singles

• End Times (2011, Slumberland, Neon transparent yellow)

Split 7" singles

• Weekend's End Times b/w Young Prisms' I Don't Get Much (2010, Transparent)