this spring i was swooning over this little known band with their first single on HOZAC, but now the WAX IDOLS are more than that obscure garage pop/punk band i wrote about months ago.......they're on the verge of being everyone's favorite new band........ forget best coast or the vivian girls......this is some seriously good rock n roll that all the kids should know about... maybe the wax idols will follow the dum dum girls path from hozac to subpop... the wax idols are that good...... here's what HOZAC records has to say......
The San Francisco Bay area’s most promising breakout, and formidable female-fronted pop wonders are not who you may already believe or expect. Lead by the enigmatically agitated Heather Fortune (ex-Hunx & His Punx, formerly of the Bare Wires, and currently a member of CastleFace Records’ Blasted Canyons), Wax Idols straddle the line between ripping tough/tender post-punk/goth-pop, and irresistibly anthemic indie rock hooks, somewhat like Joan Jett would sound like tearing through Best Coast with a chainsaw or if Mary Monday had been a member of Wire. Your curiosity may have already been piqued from their unabashed debut 7″ “All Too Human,” released on Hozac earlier this year, but it’s hard to imagine anyone being ready for an LP of this caliber, bursting at the seams with hits for all seasons, and effortlessly blurring the lines between viciously beautiful temperance and an unwavering, attitude-soaked attack on your comfort zone. With an arsenal of songs that range from chest-pounding melodic punk screamers, to tense-yet-tumultuous tracks of sadness overcome with bombastic pop precision, ‘No Future’ is one of the most impressive LPs we’ve had the pleasure of releasing, and one we’re sure will go far. Fortune’s uniquely surly-yet-sultry voice has such an lasting impact, it seamlessly traces the gamut of human emotions back & forth from the unhinged heights to the inescapable doldrums, all tied up in perfect blasts of modern pop/post-punk subdued simplicity that are as upfront and immediate as any of of their legendary influences.
Recommended If You Like:
Mary Monday, Joan Jett, Super Wild Horse, Jay Reatard, Ty Segall, Wire, Lydia Lunch
Mary Monday, Joan Jett, Super Wild Horse, Jay Reatard, Ty Segall, Wire, Lydia Lunch
click below to download to two songs
off the WAX IDOLS' new lp NO FUTURE
DEAD LIKE ME
HOTEL ROOM
and check em out on tour w/ TERRY MALTS.......
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