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Whirr Wants You to

Fuck O!

Are you on the internet? Good, Whirr guitarist Nick

Bassett doesn't give a shit about you then.

LH By Lukas Hodge

23 April 2014, 9:15pm

For better or worse, a lot of weird things

have happened to our world in the past
handful of years thanks to social media. Five
years ago, there wasn't an army of "activists"
waiting behind Twitter handles and Tumblr
URLs for the freshest cis-male blood to
drop. Robin Thicke probably could have
released the rapiest song he wanted and it
would have gone unnoticed (like all other
Robin Thicke songs that aren't rapey).
Before Tumblr, there were hardcore bands
writing entire albums about "sluts" and a
new movie every weekend with a white
person portraying someone of color and
Gwen Stefani profiting off a level of cultural
appropriation that only Katy Perry could
dream of. Maybe even Whirr could have
gotten away with calling their fans "retards"
and "pussies" without the entirety of the
internet turning against them. The good old
days, am I right? Not that these things don't
still happen just as often, it's just that now
there's a system of checks and balances
known as getting-called-the-fuck-out and
probably having your transgressions against
humanity made into a listicle. There's a
moral compass conveniently embedded in
everyone's Twitter timeline directing the
masses to all that's right and just. And
trending. On the opposite site of that
compass, maybe hanging off the edge of it,
is a band called Whirr. And Whirr doesn't
give a fuck about your moral compass.

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After receiving some unfavorable and ill-

informed reviews, the band seemed to have
a sort of Michael-Douglas-in-Falling-Down
moment on the internet. While entertaining,
many fans seemed offended by the language
used and were ready to leave the band
behind. There's now even a Tumblr
dedicated to them insulting their own fans. I
caught up with guitarist Nick Bassett and
offered a shot at internet redemption. A
chance to wipe the slate clean and kiss the
rings of internet activists everywhere. First
off, before anything else, would you like to
offer any apologies to anyone who's
commented on Whirr's Facebook page or
atone for any of the things you've said in
response to them?
Absolutely not. What would you like to say
to your ex-fans?
We're weeding out the pussies. Some have
labeled the band sexist and ableist in
response to some of your insults. What do
you think about that?
Actual morons.

If you alienated every fan to the point where

you couldn't sell any records, how would
you feel, and what would Whirr do next?

I'd be stoked that we didn't suck anyone's

dick as a band and were just real dudes
being real. If we weren't selling records
anymore, that would be a wrap for us.

Do you think bands take social media too

seriously?

I think people take everything around them

too seriously.

What's up with the band's beef with

Needledrop/Anthony Fantano?

Motherfucker looks like Bobby Hill. Also:

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Whirr just recorded a new record, right?

What can your few remaining fans expect
from it?
Every song slaps. How has the sound
changed throughout the shifts in lineup
and member changes?
This final lineup is perfect and the band has
become more collaborative than ever
before. In an interview last year, you said
you wanted to be the loudest band in the
world. Do you think you've achieved that
goal?
We achieved it at our first show. Ask
Weekend about it, they were there. I asked
Shaun Durkan of Weekend about Whirr's
first show. "Way louder than when I saw My
Bloody Valentine. It made me physically ill."
If you're already the loudest band in the
world, what's next?
Blowing out every PA system we can,
alienating hype-hopping hardcore dweebs,
taking people's money, and being the
greatest band of all time. What other goals
does Whirr have?
Keep eating ice cream, skating, and killing it.

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