Dad Weed

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Everyone just wants to feel OK. It’s an embarrassing but elemental truth, that even in this *gestures around wildly* apocalyptic fever dream, what we crave most is some way to simply be. On High Time, the forthcoming debut from Zach Toporek’s new pop vehicle Dad Weed, the Arizona-based songwriter boldly snuggles up to big questions, sporting a sneaky, absolutely-getting-away-with-it grin on his beatific face the whole time. Pairing self-incisive questioning with studio pop wizardry, High Time is Zach’s finest work to date. Though technically a new project—its name born from a story in which a teenaged Toporek raided and sold his dad’s stash—High Time displays a synthesis of the pop/rock modes he explored for more than a decade under the Young Mothers banner. Assembled over the course of the last few years, it provides spins of power pop, soft rock, and country-tinged rock, suggesting that perhaps a teenaged Toporek raided his dad’s record collection too. From the woozy island time of “Having a Good Time,” to the classic power pop moves of the sui generis statement “Stoned On the Couch,” replete with All Things Must Pass-style electric guitars and Doobie worthy backup vocals, to the Toto’d out grooves of “Make A Place For My Love” and the late night blue-eyed soul of “Phone Call,” it’s clear that Toporek is a student of classic pop ethos.

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