The Weeks

The Weeks are an indie rock band from Jackson, Mississippi . The band was formed by Cain Barnes, Chaz Lindsay, Cyle Barnes, Damien Bone, and Samuel Williams in March of 2006 when they were between 14 and 16 years old. The band signed to the Esperanza Plantation label, with the debut album, Comeback Cadillac , released in July 2008. The album blended southern rock and alternative , and featured a duet with labelmate Allie Peden on "Sailor Song". " The Weeks Comeback Cadillac ", First Coast News , 18 August 2008 with Rilo Kiley , The Mars Volta , and My Morning Jacket also suggested as influences. A second album, Rumspringa , followed in 2009. After some lineup changes that left them with a four piece of the Barnes twins, Bone and Williams, the band relocated to Nashville, TN. In March 2011, they returned to Water Valley, MS to work with Winn McElroy at his Black Wings Studio on the eight songs that encompass a 12" EP entitled, "Gutter Gaunt Gangster", out October 11, 2011 on Esperanza Plantation. They spent the next six months touring with Junior Astronomers , Local H , North Mississippi All-Stars , and The Meat Puppets . After signing with Kings of Leon s new record label Serpents and Snakes, they re-released Gutter Gaunt Gangster September 25th, 2012. Their second full length, and first album with keyboardist Admiral Collier, is anticipating a release in the spring of 2013.