When The Attics unceremoniously called it quits in January 2007 and Alverstone followed suit several months later, Winnipeg lost two of its most promising bands.

But all wasn't lost. Those breakups led to the formation of a new buzz-worthy outfit that's starting to earn a name for itself in the local scene: Weatherman Underground.

"I was in The Attics, and then they broke up. Then I started a new band called The Grenadiers, and that fell apart," says guitarist Rene Campbell, 24. "And the day that happened, I was at Carlos & Murphy's and Johnny (Calderon, ex-Alverstone) walked up to me and I asked him if he wanted to start a band - just based on how he looked."

That was in September, and so far, so good. Campbell says the band - which is rounded out by guitarist Bobby Desjarlais (also ex-Alverstone) and drummer Jed Desilets - is very much on the same page when it comes to Weatherman Underground.

"All of us agree that we appreciated the bands we were in, but when we came together, we found something we were looking for in the other bands," he says.

Although the quartet has been busy honing its live show, Campbell says work has started on a full-length debut.

"We're making it ourselves with our own recording gear. It sounds... interesting.

"We're experimenting with producing ourselves," Campbell says. "We're figuring out how to make a cheap recording sound good and we've been surprised so far.

"We all seem to have the same vision," he adds. "We're all in the same spot."

That vision, it would seem, is 'scuzz' - the band's self-appointed genre.

"It's a mix of punk, surf and funk," Campbell explains. "It's a very forceful, scuzzy sound."

Intrigued? Catch Weatherman Underground at the Lo Pub on Aug. 15.

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