Wavves lately made a long-awaited return with their first new music since 2021, information of a newly launched Hashish model Wavvy Provide Co., and a Los Angeles County wildfire profit present at Zebulon earlier within the month.
Now the band returns to announce their new album Spun, in depth North American tour dates, and share new single “Goner.” The Travis-Barker produced tune arrives alongside a Brandon Dermer-directed music video filmed at Wavves’ current Zebulon charity present. Dermer has beforehand directed Wavves’ 2013 video for “That’s On Me” and has directed movies for Blink-182 amongst others. Talking about how the observe got here along with Travis, Williams shares:
“I had this tune I had been sitting on, all the time revisited it and tried to file it a bunch of occasions but it surely was by no means good. Finally it was giving me PTSD. I used to be speaking to Travis about doing a little songs collectively and once I opened up the vault to him, this one jumped out so we laid it down and eventually we received it proper.”
“Goner” and the beforehand launched “So Lengthy,” will characteristic on the band’s forthcoming album, Spun, due out June sixth with a headline North American tour set to launch later that month with supporting acts from Seashore Goons and extra help from DEath Leans and Chokecherry on selct dates. Like Nathan Williams’ earliest music, this album first took form in a small shed behind his dad and mom’ home often called the hideaway. It’s the place the place Williams made a few of his earliest albums, earlier than he grew to become recognized for his uncanny potential to jot down songs that sneered on the world whereas evoking pathos, sympathy, and a deep understanding of how typically we’re our personal worst enemies, and that may be okay.
Over a decade previous to this, Williams launched King of the Seashore an album that delivered on the entire promise that his first two homespun information Wavves and Wavvves captured. It’s an album that additionally catapulted the band to worldwide acclaim as one of many new darlings of indie rock. It was a cocky assortment of pop-punk gems that introduced fame so quickly it additionally, partly, led to a broadly publicized on stage meltdown at Primavera Fest. Wavves recovered, as they all the time do, and finally entered the foremost label system, the place the band launched two albums earlier than Williams grew to become disillusioned by the dearth of artistic company obtainable to him. In 2017, Williams self-released You’re Welcome on his label, Ghost Ramp earlier than returning to Fats Possum (the house of his first three albums) for Hideaway.
Quick ahead to 2024, an older, wiser, and barely much less stoned Williams has once more reunited with longtime bandmates Stephen Pope, Ross Traver, and Alex Gates for a brand new full-length Wavves album. At all times recognized for his or her raucous reside performances, Wavves followers can relaxation assured that 2025 will ship on the previous few years of relative quiet with new music and an enormous North American tour on the best way.
Upcoming Stay Dates:
~: w/Dying Lens
^: w/Chokecherry
**: No Seashore Goons
6/24 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Atrium ~
6/25 – San Francisco, CA @ The Unbiased ~
6/27 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios ~
6/28 – Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl ~
6/29 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos ~
7/2 – Minneapolis, MN @ seventh Road Entry ~
7/3 – Madison, WI @ Excessive Midday Saloon ~
7/5 – Chicago, IL @ Backside Lounge ~
7/6 – Detroit, MI @ El Membership ~
7/8 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace ^
7/9 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount ^
7/10 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair ^
7/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw ^
7/12 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage ^
7/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts ^
7/15 – Atlanta, GA @ The Loft ^
7/16 – New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s ^
7/17 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Corridor ^
7/18 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves ^
7/19 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk ^
7/21 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister ^
7/22 – Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole ^
7/23 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom ^
7/24 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park* *
7/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda **^
