the Wavves that never quite was
Peter really liked the direction Nathan was going with Wavves when he was jamming with Zach Hill, but was surprised nothing ever seemed to come of it—instead scrapping the project to make the utterly lovable King of the Beach album.
His beachy highness, though, did just share some more tracks from those Zach Hill sessions—they don’t have quite the same elegance as the jams on King of the Beach, but did we fall in love with Wavves for elegance?
new song // Wavves : “Stained Glass (Won’t You Let Me Into Your Heart)”
Wavves // Summer is Forever : Stained Glass (Won’t You Let Me Into Your Heart) :
peter likes music // 2010
Peter’s grandfather regularly remarks that he believes music continues to get better and better. Peter has to agree.
Peter liked a lot of things in 2010. Mostly he liked the music. let me count the reasons:
favorite songs
favorite 20 albums
top 5 albums
top 5 eps
favorite official videos
favorite live videos
favorite concerts
listen party // Wavves “King of the Beach”
Fat Possum records is sharing a full album stream of Wavves‘ forthcoming King of the Beach lp here.
I just have to point out, I totally have that same mug. Or at least a Garfield/Odie mug from the same series—I think it came with a Happy Meal when I was a kid. It’s now used to hold toothbrushes in my parents’ basement bathroom . . .
the beatles + green day x the weed demon = new Wavves!
So glad Nate did not drop off the face of the earth after his breakdown—finding his new songs to be improving on the promise of his first album . . .
Wavves // King of the Beach : Post Acid :
Wavves in the studio working on their new album (by Pete Ohs):
new favorite album // Wavves : “King of the Beach”
Wavves // “King of the Beach” : 2010.06.13 : Fat Possum
genre psych pop power punk
sounds like resting your head on the sea bed of nails. flight of the navigator space wars. bmx spraypaint. white album noise pop. supersonic sleighbells. helium high fives.
notes if it takes a nervous breakdown to make an album this incredible, I hope he has a few more.
verdict the opposite of a sophomore slump—a triumph of noise an pop.
favorite music of 2009.
I don’t feel complete unless I’ve compiled a list ranking my favorite music of the year (too many NYEs spent up late listening to the top 100 countdown on the headphones.) So, here goes:
favorite 30 albums
top 5 albums
favorite 20 songs
favorite 10 videos
at daytrotter: wavves
Happily started Monday morning out with a short (but pretty rad) Daytrotter Session by Wavves. I’m digging this new thing he’s got going wth Zach Hill. And I have to say, the recording techniques employed on this session are, for lack of a better term, intriguing.
post post punk post
A couple of these noisy, lo-fi, LA post post-punk bands are doing some really exciting things with the over-saturated genre—these tracks by Abe Vigoda (top) and Wavves (above) respectively are great examples that I’m really enjoying.
ABE VIGODA “DON’T LIE”
WAVVES “COOL JUMPER”
(via gorilla vs bear)
from the headphones: wavves “wavves”
wavves wavves
genre surf punk noise pop
sounds like poppin’ bmx wheelies through smoke machined memories. sunwashed asphalt. wearing all black on hot suburban days. cotton candy right before it gets sticky.
notes song summer goth aptly describes the album.
verdict really, really into it.
peter likes 