[1][2] In 2013, bassist Zach Bines and drummer Spencer Cole joined the project and started recording their self-titled debut EP immediately after.

"[6] Four songs were released as singles before Weaves was issued: "Hulahoop" on April 30, 2013,[8] "Motorcycle" on July 23, 2013,[9] "Take A Dip" on September 23, 2013,[10] and "Buttercup" on February 18, 2014.

Chart Attack noted the video's "weird, wrong-handed sketches, which divert from the Badlands 4 Kidz plot with lots of delightful non-sequiter cutaways to make it a junky feast for your rapidly deteriorating attention span.

and Noisey praises included the record's combination of numerous musical styles to the point where the overall genre the EP could be labeled its own category or could be very hard to pin-point.

[1][7][19] Noisey said that the EP "experiments and dips across genre lines in a balancing act between of laxity and concentration, without all of the pretension and exclusivity that normally accompanies a buzzing indie band".

[1] A more mixed review came from Liz Fox of Popmatters, finding most of the aspects of Weaves typical of indie music released in the previous fifteen years but praising Burke's "sultry" vocal performance that "improve the elaborate backdrop, allowing for some simplicity among the chaos".

[18] Now called the EP an "excellent introduction for new fans", writing that its only downfall was the track "Do You See Past" due to its "more sophisticated, less interesting electro-pop sound".