Wishy drop final single ‘Mona Lisa’ ahead of forthcoming album Nature’s Pill out Oct 2 on Winspear
PRAISE FOR Wishy
“A promising new group…Wishy’s take on dream-pop is fuzzy, immersive and irresistibly catchy”
“One of the finest indie rock debuts in recent memory”
“Triple Seven is full of moments that crystallize Wishy as one of the best new bands in indie rock writ large”
“They are one of the most exciting new rock bands operating anywhere right now”
“It has great melodies, lots of shoegaze-y texture, a dash of current genre du jour Midwestern emo, and just the right amount of ’90s big-budget alternative radio nostalgia”
“At a time when aggressive, gloomier strains of shoegaze have dominated the genre’s landscape, Wishy’s music serves as a reminder that dreamy music can be just as immersive when it’s glimmering and crisp”
“Standout voice in a new generation of shoegaze”
“For fans of nineties indie, early-noughties emo, or contemporary dream pop, Planet Popstar cements Wishy as a compelling new voice in alternative rock”
“Soaring, earnest, open-hearted melodies are abundant across Triple Seven, anchoring the whirlwind of noise and distorted guitars”
“A sublime slice of guitar-forward shoegaze that swirls and activates even in its dreamiest modes....think Slow Pulp or Soccer Mommy with twice the volume levels and an added dose of chaos”
LP TRACKLIST
1. All The Rage
2. Covergirl
3. Sensational
4. Shift
5. You’re Not Serious
6. Mona Lisa
7. Lovesick
8. Freak 99
9. Headscratcher
10. Blitz
11. Kiss Kiss Kiss
12. Party World
‘Mona Lisa‘ is out now, buy/stream it here.
WISHY
Nature’s Pill LP
Oct 2 via Winspear
PRE-ORDER LP HERE
We’re less than a month away from the release of Wishy’s highly-anticipated sophomore LP Nature’s Pill due October 2nd on Winspear. Today, the band are back to share a final preview of the album, a track called ‘Mona Lisa’. LISTEN + WATCH HERE + PRE-ORDER LP HERE.
The album is the follow up to their widely acclaimed 2024 debut Triple Seven, and has so far seen the release of three singles ‘All The Rage‘, ‘Lovesick‘, and ‘Sensational‘, which Consequence described as “pure dopamine.” Wishy’s music seems to emerge from a fantasy realm: triggering memories of late ‘90s and early ‘00s crossover alt hits, but rendered with Wishy’s sharp songwriting acumen and free-for-all verve.
‘Mona Lisa’ epitomises this appeal and the band’s easy charm, launching with a timeless guitar pop swagger before cresting into a singalong outro. Singer/guitarist Kevin Krauter says of the track: “A courtroom drama starring love and apathy. Was all that pleasure worth all that pain? Will the opposing witness withstand cross-examination? You be the judge!”
WATCH: Wishy – Mona Lisa (Official Video)
Just as their sound is often a swirl of various alternative and indie traditions, Wishy’s new songs collide the highs, pitfalls, and banal detritus of human experience alike. Nature’s Pill re-examines some of Wishy’s favoured themes under new lights, jumping off from breakup songs to more abstract meditations on forlornness, romantic intention, lust. “We take that stuff and almost write in a fictional, hypothetical frame of mind,” Krauter explains. “The songs capture romantic frustration and neurotic desire and the melodrama that ensues from simply being a person with emotions experiencing relationships and inner turmoil. But it’s embellished—nothing we do is overly confessional.”
Underneath it all, Wishy locate a tenacity to keep trying anyway. “Being in an indie band feels bizarre when the world is on fire,” Krauter concludes. “What can you do at the end of the day other than carve out some space—at the very least I have my imagination and I can invite others to join me there. At a certain point you need to say fuck it and roll with it.” Sometimes you can’t make sense of it all. Nature’ s Pill finds Wishy gleefully giving into the madness. After all: If life is absurd, all the possibilities are up to you.
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