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Nathan Williams Under The Name Wavves Is A Noise Pop Musician And Landlord Based In Los Angeles California. He Released His Self-Titled Debut LP In 2008 And Has Since Gained Notable Media Attention From The Internet And Other Areas Including Pitchfork And ABC News. After Gaining Recognition Ryan Ulsh Was Enlisted As A Touring Drummer And Wavves Embarked On Their First US And European Tours. Originally Signed To Fat Possum Records He Released His Second Full-Length Album Wavvves With Them In 2009 And His Third Album King Of The Beach On August 3rd 2010. King Of The Beach Features A Complete Rhythm Section Comprised Of Stephen Pope And Billy Hayes Both Formerly Of The Late Jay Reatard's Touring Band. They Toured For Almost A Year Straight Until Hayes Left The Band For Some Time Off. Jacob Cooper Former Drummer Of The Mae Shi Has Since Taken His Place. After Playing The Major Festival Circuit Nathan Started His Own Record Label Ghost Ramp And Released The Life Sux EP On September 20th 2011. On March 26 2013 Wavves Released Their 4th Studio Album "Afraid Of Heights" On Mom Pop Records. Jacob Cooper Left The Band In 2013. Brian Hill The Soft Pack/The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower Began Playing Drums Soon After. Wavves' Fifth Album Entitled "V" Was Released On October 2 2015 Through Ghost Ramp And Warner Bros. Records.
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Nathan Williams Under The Name Wavves Is A Noise Pop Musician And Landlord Based In Los Angeles California. He Released His Self-Titled Debut LP In 2008 And Has Since Gained Notable Media Attention From The Internet And Other Areas Including Pitchfork And ABC News. After Gaining Recognition Ryan Ulsh Was Enlisted As A Touring Drummer And Wavves Embarked On Their First US And European Tours. Originally Signed To Fat Possum Records He Released His Second Full-Length Album Wavvves With Them In 2009 And His Third Album King Of The Beach On August 3rd 2010. King Of The Beach Features A Complete Rhythm Section Comprised Of Stephen Pope And Billy Hayes Both Formerly Of The Late Jay Reatard's Touring Band. They Toured For Almost A Year Straight Until Hayes Left The Band For Some Time Off. Jacob Cooper Former Drummer Of The Mae Shi Has Since Taken His Place. After Playing The Major Festival Circuit Nathan Started His Own Record Label Ghost Ramp And Released The Life Sux EP On September 20th 2011. On March 26 2013 Wavves Released Their 4th Studio Album "Afraid Of Heights" On Mom Pop Records. Jacob Cooper Left The Band In 2013. Brian Hill The Soft Pack/The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower Began Playing Drums Soon After. Wavves' Fifth Album Entitled "V" Was Released On October 2 2015 Through Ghost Ramp And Warner Bros. Records.
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The Album Opens On A One-Two Punch Of Jangly Upbeat Depression. “Sail To The Sun” Has Its Talk Of Using Love As An Escape From The Pains Of Reality But It Ends Repeating The Words “in A Grave.” Lyrically Williams Is Desperate To Avoid The Truth That He Can’t Help But Admit That Everything Ends. Musically Though The Song Opens With Tinkling Bells And A Pastoral Lilt An Almost ’80s Christmas Album Vibe. The Power Chords And Chugging Kit-Work That Follows Is Sloppy And Energetic A Headrush That Makes It Difficult To Realize That You’re Supposed To Be Hearing About Death. The Same Could Be Said For “Demon To Lean On”. When Williams Insists That There’s “no Hope And No Future ” One’s Wont To Think Back To The “No Hope Kids” Of His Yesteryear. There’s Some Of That To Be Sure But There’s Also A Considerable Amount Of Heavier Drama Rather Than Smoked-Out Singalongs “So Send Me An Angel / Or Bury Me Deeply Instead / With Demons To Lean On.” He’s Not So Careless Anymore. Later The Title Track Continues This Hopeless Lyrical Theme “I Can’t Act Like I Care” And “I Will Always Be On My Own” Strike Particularly Direct Notes Though Again The Harmonized Woo-Ing Is A Bleary-Eyed Hung-Over Weezer Anthem. Those Wordless Vocal Lines Straddle The Line Between Bubblegum Pleasantness And Haunted Moan Of Acceptance Depending On How Close You’re Following Along With The Lyrics. This Musical Subjectivity Is Comfortable Territory For Wavves In A Way “I’m So Bored” Doesn’t Have The Emotional Specificity Of “I Loved You Jesus / You Raped The World / I Feel Defeated” Taken From This Album’s “Gimme A Knife” But There Are Moments Where The Instrumentals Leave Some Room For Open-Ended Connection. And Even When Some Of The Decisions Seem Questionable The Hooks Sink Deep. Depressed Or Not It’s Hard Not To Sing To The Over-Familiar Broken-Hearted Ultimatums Of “Demon To Lean On” As If They Were A Fist-Pumping Joy. “Dog” Takes Iggy’s Old Insistance That He Wants To Be Her Dog And Repeats It Only After Adding Some Glockenspiel And Acoustic Guitar. While That Sounds Like A Head-Scratcher The Amiable Melody Washing Over The Aped Self-Defeated Lyrics Makes Them Far More Palatable. In A Way Afraid Of Heights Is A Concept Album. One After Another The Tracks Profess Of A Love That’s Colored With The Inevitability Of Failure Death And Loneliness. Williams Makes Depression Catchy But He Doesn’t Do Much To Make It Different From The Ways In Which He Or Others Have Done It In The Past. Even Album-Closer “I Can’t Dream” Lacks Any Definitive Statement. “I Can Finally Sleep / But I Can’t Dream / I Don’t Wanna Remember Anything ” Williams Admits. While Anyone Who’s Had This Sort Of Situation In Their Life Can Agree That Sometimes This Vague Nothingness Is An Important Step It’s Not Always The Most Compelling Artistic Statement. Williams’ Angst Hangs With You As Long As The Hooks Stick In Your Head For Better Or For Worse.
Published: 03 Mar 2013, 07:59
Afraid Of Heights Is The Fourth Studio Album By The American Indie Rock Group Wavves. The Album Was Released On March 26 2013. It’s Difficult To Square The Wavves That Inhabits Afraid Of Heights With The Lo-Fi Noisy Raw Nerve Stuff That Made Up Much Of Nathan Williams’ First Releases. Things Had Changed Considerably By The Time He Dropped 2010′s King Of The Beach. Williams Tested Out Where His Stoned Beach Bum Angst Could Go Utilizing Fancy Tools Like A Backing Band And A Real Recording Studio. While The Results Hit Fun Anthemic Highs The Test Would Be On The Next Album To Find Out Whether The Buzzy Newness Was A Step In The Right Direction Or Just A Diversion. While Afraid Of Heights Features Enough Lyrical Grit To Recall His Wavvves Days The Studio Wizardry And Unapologetic Pop-Punk Influences Linger Too. As A Result Some Of The Grimy Ease That Made Early Wavves So Exciting And Unique Has Faded Though A Number Of Glorious Hooks Remain.The Album Opens On A One-Two Punch Of Jangly Upbeat Depression. “Sail To The Sun” Has Its Talk Of Using Love As An Escape From The Pains Of Reality But It Ends Repeating The Words “in A Grave.” Lyrically Williams Is Desperate To Avoid The Truth That He Can’t Help But Admit That Everything Ends. Musically Though The Song Opens With Tinkling Bells And A Pastoral Lilt An Almost ’80s Christmas Album Vibe. The Power Chords And Chugging Kit-Work That Follows Is Sloppy And Energetic A Headrush That Makes It Difficult To Realize That You’re Supposed To Be Hearing About Death. The Same Could Be Said For “Demon To Lean On”. When Williams Insists That There’s “no Hope And No Future ” One’s Wont To Think Back To The “No Hope Kids” Of His Yesteryear. There’s Some Of That To Be Sure But There’s Also A Considerable Amount Of Heavier Drama Rather Than Smoked-Out Singalongs “So Send Me An Angel / Or Bury Me Deeply Instead / With Demons To Lean On.” He’s Not So Careless Anymore. Later The Title Track Continues This Hopeless Lyrical Theme “I Can’t Act Like I Care” And “I Will Always Be On My Own” Strike Particularly Direct Notes Though Again The Harmonized Woo-Ing Is A Bleary-Eyed Hung-Over Weezer Anthem. Those Wordless Vocal Lines Straddle The Line Between Bubblegum Pleasantness And Haunted Moan Of Acceptance Depending On How Close You’re Following Along With The Lyrics. This Musical Subjectivity Is Comfortable Territory For Wavves In A Way “I’m So Bored” Doesn’t Have The Emotional Specificity Of “I Loved You Jesus / You Raped The World / I Feel Defeated” Taken From This Album’s “Gimme A Knife” But There Are Moments Where The Instrumentals Leave Some Room For Open-Ended Connection. And Even When Some Of The Decisions Seem Questionable The Hooks Sink Deep. Depressed Or Not It’s Hard Not To Sing To The Over-Familiar Broken-Hearted Ultimatums Of “Demon To Lean On” As If They Were A Fist-Pumping Joy. “Dog” Takes Iggy’s Old Insistance That He Wants To Be Her Dog And Repeats It Only After Adding Some Glockenspiel And Acoustic Guitar. While That Sounds Like A Head-Scratcher The Amiable Melody Washing Over The Aped Self-Defeated Lyrics Makes Them Far More Palatable. In A Way Afraid Of Heights Is A Concept Album. One After Another The Tracks Profess Of A Love That’s Colored With The Inevitability Of Failure Death And Loneliness. Williams Makes Depression Catchy But He Doesn’t Do Much To Make It Different From The Ways In Which He Or Others Have Done It In The Past. Even Album-Closer “I Can’t Dream” Lacks Any Definitive Statement. “I Can Finally Sleep / But I Can’t Dream / I Don’t Wanna Remember Anything ” Williams Admits. While Anyone Who’s Had This Sort Of Situation In Their Life Can Agree That Sometimes This Vague Nothingness Is An Important Step It’s Not Always The Most Compelling Artistic Statement. Williams’ Angst Hangs With You As Long As The Hooks Stick In Your Head For Better Or For Worse.