Weep’s Never Ever marks Doc Hammer’s return to the world of music from the world of The Venture Bros.  Though he’s probably better known for his work on the sharply satiric Adult Swim cartoon, Hammer is no stranger to making music of the darkwave persuasion; Hammer was a founding member of goth darlings Requiem in White and Mors Syphilitica.  Even with that pedigree, any expectations are likely to be misplaced as Weep’s sonic aesthete differs greatly from that of his earlier projects.  Whereas Requiem in White and Mors Syphilitica both relied upon layers of sound as the backdrop for operatic female vocals, Weep focuses on a driving combination of gothic rock and shoegaze sensibilities and features Hammer’s own reverberating, understated vocals.  Never Ever shows the influence of 80s post-punk, but has enough subtle embellishments to make this more than a retread.  Plus, the disc looks like a tiny record and comes in a LP-like sleeve…can’t beat that.

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