Whirr, and Portland’s Anne, have similar influences, Whirr is more of a traditional shoegaze band—in the sense of lowly mixed vocals, echoy and reverby guitars—while Anne fall into a category that I suppose I would call dream pop—shimmery guitars, heavy synths.
Both acts have one full-length release to their name, as well as various singles and EPs, and most recently, they collaborated on a split, double 7” single. a split single involves one artist taking the A side, while the other takes the B. In this situation, there are two separate 7” singles—Whirr take the A and B side of the first one, while Anne takes up the first side of the second, and the lyrics to their songs are stamped onto the flip side.
In September it was announced that Run For Cover Records, would be putting out said split 2×7”, with a release date set in October. October came and went, and still no singles. There was some kind of issue with the stamping of the lyrics into the backside of the Anne single, and the production delay lasted until mid-December.
The Fat Angel Sings 