WAVVES

San Diego surf rock band, WAVVES will be releasing their new album, Afraid Of Heights on March 26th via Crush Management/Mom + Pop. "Demon to Lean On" is the first to be heard off the duo's upcoming album. It sounds like an exhilarating ode to '90s rock music, in a realm somewhere between Green Day's alternative-punk and Weezer's thunderous power-pop. "Demon To Lean On" shows the impressive sustaining range of Nathan Williams' voice. He initially leads over strutting bass and guitar, complemented abruptly by an excitable blast of distortion at the one-minute mark. "Demon To Lean On" is a blast of vintage energy, one that should get the duo's diehard fanbase even more excited for their new album.

Lead singer, Williams stated, "The general theme of the record is depression and anxiety, being death-obsessed and paranoid of impending doom. I feel like the narration is almost schizophrenic if you listen front to back; every word is important, even the constant contradictions and lack of self-worth. That's all a part of this record-questioning everything not because I'm curious, but because I'm paranoid."

WAAVES initially started in 2008 as the recording project of Nathan Williams. After gaining recognition, Ryan Ulsh was enlisted as a touring drummer and WAVVES embarked on their first US and European tours. The band's third album, titled King Of The Beach, released in 2010, via Fat Possum Records was named the 24th-best album of the year by Spin, and the 50th best album of the year by Pitchfork. The single "Post Acid" was featured in a promotional cartoon called: "Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation".

Nathan and Pope are about to head out as a duo on an enormous North American tour in support of Afraid Of Heights.

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