The Warmers were a
post-hardcore band based in
Washington, D.C. active from 1994 to 1997. A trio featuring former
Faith vocalist
Alec MacKaye (guitar and vocals),
Juan Luis Carrera (bass and vocals), and
Amy Farina (drums), The Warmers recorded for the
Washington D.C. based record label
Dischord. Their self-titled album
The Warmers, released in February 1996, was praised for its minimalism and Farina's "furious" drumming.
“The thing that really knocked me out is the not-drumming in her drumming, where she doesn’t bang where she’s supposed to, and holds off, and then puts it in,” said MacKaye of Farina's style. “The rhythm is just too awesome. Had we gotten a hot-shot guitar player, they might want to rock the guitar a little too hard, and we’d lose the attention to the rhythm.”
An EP entitled
Wanted: More was released posthumously in May 2004 and features six songs recorded in December 1996. "Poked It With A Stick", originally from their album
The Warmers, is featured on the three-CD compilation album
20 Years of Dischord.