Wheat (band)

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Wheat is an indie rock group formed by singer/songwriter Scott Levesque, drummer Brendan Harney, guitarist Ricky Brennan, and bass player Kenny Madaras in Taunton, Massachusetts in 1996.^[1]

1 History
2 Discography
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Wheat's debut album Medeiros, released in 1998 on Sugar Free records, was recorded by Dave Auchenbach and mixed by Red Red Meat's Brian Deck. Madaras left the group (and was never permanently replaced) prior to the release of their second Sugar Free album, 1999's Hope and Adams, which was recorded/co-produced by Dave Fridmann at Tar Box Studios in Fredonia, NY and included the song "Don't I Hold You".

The group left Sugar Free Records and signed on with London based Nude Records in 2000. This label folded shortly after the signing. The band continued writing and after a 2 year period of record business limbo, and the adoption of an *, wheat* signed with Aware Records/Columbia Records in 2002. The original version of Per Second, Per Second, Per Second... Every Second was never released. Some of the songs recorded for the unreleased Nude album would survive as "Naked" versions on the Too Much Time compilation [aware/columbia], some were re-recorded for the later version of Per Second, Per Second, Per Second... Every Second. The new version of Per Second, Per Second, Per Second... Every Second was released in 2003. The album track "Some Days" was included in the film and on the soundtrack to Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!, "I Met A Girl" appeared in A Cinderella Story, and "Don't I Hold You (Alternate Version)" was featured in the film and soundtrack to Elizabethtown.

Following touring, including supports for Liz Phair, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and Blake Babies, a few late night television appearances, Conan O'Brian and Carson Daly, Wheat, less the *, took time to re-evaluate, and regain creative control.^{[citation needed]} They were released from aware/Columbia in early 2004. Brennan left the band to form Duresse, self-releasing the 7 song EP entitled Elate.

In 2006, Wheat completed writing/recording/producing their fourth album, Everyday I Said a Prayer for Kathy and Made a One Inch Square with Rick Lescault at Electric Ali Studios in Fairhaven, MA. Slated for release by Empyrean Records on 5/22/07, Everyday I Said a Prayer for Kathy and Made a One Inch Square was preceded by the mini-album That's Exactly What I Wanted... Exactly That in December 2006.

Gary Lightbody, lead singer for Snow Patrol, is a self-proclaimed fan of the band, typically listing their albums on any of his top music lists, including his 2007 'Best of' blog post on the band's My Space page.