Shoegaze star Wisp announces debut Australian headline shows for Feb 2026
PRAISE FOR Wisp
“A genre resurrected…conveys the feeling of something delicate and vulnerable that has been caught in a destructive vortex.”
“A big, expansive, massive universe of sound.”
“Perfect pop shoegaze…a triumphant debut.”
“If Not Winter presents the new generation's 'shoegaze princess' as she's been coined, in all her glory, with its dark, nu-gaze meets dream-pop medieval fantasy world elements.”
“Wisp is proof the internet can still make rock stars.”
“A leading force in modern shoegaze.”
“Shoegaze magic…pure, soul-soothing escapism.”
“One of Gen Z’s most visionary young artists.”
WISP AUSTRALIA HEADLINE TOUR
Presented by Handsome Tours
Thu 12 Feb – Liberty Hall – Eora / Sydney (AA) [TIX]
Sat 14 Feb – Croxton Bandroom – Naarm / Melbourne (18+) [TIX]
Presale: Thu 9 Oct at 11am (local) [sign up HERE]
General on-sale: Fri 10 Oct at 11am (local)
For all general tour info, see here.
*Also appearing at Laneway Festival
If Not Winter is out now via Music Soup / Interscope, buy/stream it here.
Following the release of her debut album, If Not Winter, out now via Music Soup / Interscope, shoegaze star Wisp today announces her debut Australian headline shows scheduled for Sydney and Melbourne, presented by Handsome Tours, alongside Laneway Festival dates next February, 2026. Pre-sale begins Thursday 9 Oct at 11am local time, with general on-sale from Friday 10 Oct at 11am local time. SIGN UP FOR PRE-SALE HERE
A landmark release from one of 2025’s most vital young rock artists, If Not Winter sees Wisp living her highest fantasy, synthesising disparate sonic universes into a singular and evocative aesthetic. At its core, it’s a quest, throughout which she picks up magic talismans or holy grails from villages she can now call home. Ethereal yet extremely close to the heart, it’s a triumph of brave exploration and experimental cartography.
Of the album, Wisp says, “If Not Winter is a look into my diary entries and all of my childhood dreams. Evoking feelings of limerence, nostalgia, infatuation to the highest levels — it’s a vulnerable reflection of my most inner thoughts and memories I wanted to eternize, to look back on, and for everyone else to relate and find meaning in.”
As part of the album’s well-earned victory lap came her glimmering cover of Coldplay’s ‘Yellow’ out now, imbuing a renewed sense of longing and distinctive swirl of distorted guitar into the iconic song. Of the track, Wisp says, “‘Yellow’ to me is a childhood memory that I wanted to rendition into my present life. A song that I never understood the depth of, to now relating to the lyrics and singing them with the emotion of my romantic journeys this past year.”
Having made her debut appearances at Coachella and Bonnaroo earlier this year, today’s announcement comes off the back of a North American tour supporting System of a Down, KORN, Deftones, and Avenged Sevenfold, with Wisp now in the midst of her If Not Winter album tour across the US, with further dates scheduled for UK and Europe later this year.
Inspired by the likes of Whirr and Slowdive (who, in a dream come true, she toured with in 2024), Wisp has crafted a distinct and sophisticated sound that strives to realise the expansive possibilities of rock music. Pigeons & Planes rightfully predicted that “it is only a matter of time before Wisp becomes Gen-Z’s go-to ethereal fix,” while Notion declared that she is “bringing shoegaze back with a vengeance.” Wisp has graced the global cover of Apple Music’s New Music Daily playlist, reached ~500 million streams across all platforms, was named an artist to watch by NYLON, Pigeons & Planes, Spotify Lorem Artist To Watch, Amazon Breakthrough Artists, Consequence Artist of the Month, and YouTube Music Artist On The Rise Trending, She’s been featured in print in The New York Times and the LA Times, graced the cover of Alt Press’s recent Winter edition, and has been featured across the web in Rolling Stone, Stereogum, PAPER, Brooklyn Vegan, and many more.
Her debut single, ‘Your face‘, hit #10 on the Billboard Hot Hard Rock Songs: a telling indicator of her immediacy and powerful melodic instincts. ‘Your face’ now sits at over 110M streams on Spotify alone, she has amassed over 250M total cross-platform streams and has reached a quarter of a million followers on Instagram. In May of 2024, she played her live debut in Los Angeles to two sold-out crowds of die-hard fans wearing homemade merch. Just three months later, she played her first major festivals at Lollapalooza, Levitation, Camp Flog Gnaw, and Corona Capital. She’s even headlined her own sold-out shows on three different continents: North America, Europe, and Asia, with her debut Australian shows scheduled for February 2026.
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