Song:Demon To Lean On
Album:Afraid Of Heights
Typical of today's indie bands, Wavves started as a solo home recording project and then grew into a band when Nathan Williams wanted to play live gigs. Williams is from San Diego. The name Wavves reflects his fear of the ocean. Williams was a 21 year old doing nothing. He was skateboarding and writing on his hip hip blog when he decided to record music in his bedroom using a cassette recorder and Garage Band software. He didn't think the music was any good. But he posted it on the internet and suddenly Wavves was praised as the next big thing. He turned it into a band so he could tour. Bassist Stevie Pope has been with him since the beginning. The other members don't matter much because Williams is a one man show. Williams released a couple of Wavves albums and he signed with Fat Possum for the 2010 album King of the Beach to get national distribution. Then major labels start sniffing around. Williams tried to resist this but for the 2013 album Afraid of Heights, Wavves signed with Warner Bros. Williams says Warners was looking for an edgy 90s style band. He says he just wanted to eat in nice restaurants in LA. Wavves went out on tour and promoted the album. They also performed Demon To Lean On on Late Show with David Letterman. That song is their biggest hit to date. After two albums on Warners, Wavves left and the 2017 album You're Welcome was released on his own label. When he announced that album's release, Williams blasted Warner Bros. for not having a clue about how to promote Wavves. He says it was chaos there. Wavves is currently on a world tour. Fans of punk and surf music influenced power pop should check out Wavves. Here's the video for Demon To Lean On by Wavves.
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