wˈɪɹd ɹˈɛkɚdz wˈiːkli wˈɛnzdeɪ nˈaɪt pˈɑːɹɾi ɪn nˈuː jˈɔːɹk wʌz dᵻskɹˈaɪbd baɪ ðə ɡˈɑːɹdiən dʒˈɜːnəlˌɪst lˈuːi pˈætɪnsən æz ðə lˈoʊkəs ʌvðə kˈoʊld wˈeɪv ænd mˈɪnɪməl sˈɪnθ ɹᵻvˈaɪvəl ʌvðɪ ˈɜːli tˈuː θˈaʊzənd z.
Wierd Records' weekly Wednesday night party in New York was described by The Guardian journalist Louis Pattinson as the locus of the cold wave and minimal synth revival of the early 2000s.