Wavves, 'Wavvves' (Fat Possum)
Beach blanket blast-off from garage-punk geek.
By Spencer Kornhaber 02.28.09 12:17 PM
Theoretically, this sophomore album from San Diego one-man band Nathan Williams shouldn't be hard to replicate. For song titles: Pick a sunny descriptor such as "beach" or "summer" and affix it to "demon" or "goth." For music: Use a Yak Bak to record some catchy doo-wop crooning, schwasted punk drumming, and shitgaze guitar fuzz. For lyrics: Remember your burned-out, bored teenage years, and then exaggerate how much fun you had. The result: an album exuding wall-punching energy, ugly noise, and raging nostalgia for stale bong water and sunburn.
Listen: Wavves, "So Bored" (DOWNLOAD MP3)












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