Runnner - A Welcome Kind of Weakness LP

RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Runnner's sophomore full-length, A Welcome Kind of Weakness, emerged from a simultaneous tear in songwriter Noah Weinman's body and life. Written during the months spent bedridden and healing from a torn achilles and the drastic upheaval of a breakup, the 11 songs on this record are Weinman's most bracing, inviting the perceived vulnerability of the album's title willingly. But at the same time, these songs are Runnner's most present, defiant and self-assured, a reminder of the resolve that can come from gracefully accepting submission. Longtime fans of Weinman's likely fell for his signature homespun indie rock, recorded almost exclusively in bedrooms and home studios, where his poignant and self-deprecating lyrics float over beds of banjos, guitars and reverberant horns crescendoing to cathartic peaks. But on A Welcome Kind of Weakness, Weinman soars for the first time in high fidelity. Runnner's first studio record, it recalls the larger-than-life highs of th