Wishy’s Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites first met in high school in Indiana but didn’t connect as friends until later. For years, their musical paths crossed and diverged, until they finally came together to form a new band. Wishy’s early days were fruitful, with Krauter and Pitchkites already armed with the songs destined for their debut all the way back in 2021. After prior monikers and iterations, Wishy was born as a kaleidoscope of alternative music’s semi-recent history, with traces of dream pop, grunge, and power-pop swirling together, bolstered by the rare musical synergy between Krauter and Pitchkites.

From the intimate beginnings of two old friends trading bedroom demos, Wishy’s early discography has bloomed into a bold, ambitious introduction with the release of Paradise and Triple Seven. With the addition of Planet Popstar, Wishy completes a loose web of vignettes and snapshots capturing them in a whirlwind couple of years — exiting the pandemic, embarking on an embryonic project, making sense of their musical pasts while forging a musical future alongside one another, each of them on a journey of self-acceptance and self-understanding.