WIVES - WIVES - Waving Past Nirvana b/w Kinda Like You [Vinyl]
Barcode: 4250506832766

Theres a gap between what we want and what we get. WIVES doesnt know how to reconcile this, and they dont try to give you the answer; instead, So Removed plunges into that void of unknown, a tangle of contemporary dread and optimism, mapping the gray areas of alienation. The Queens, NY four-piece is the latest fit into a long lineage of New Yorks gritty, melodic-meets-punk. Their incisive debut, So Removed, is hook-driven, grungy dark-wave, tethered to daily anxiety without resorting to cynicism. Waving Past Nirvana traces the through-line between Kool Keith and Lou Reed, while The 20 Teens captures the definitive sound of contemporary rock; Jay cites hearing A-ha blaring at a Bushwick restaurant and thinking all of the lyrics might as well have been, This is the 80s, and took his own stab at doing a track for the 2010s. The noisy dissonance of Sonic Youth, the edgy hooks of early Pixies, and the clever, cerebral sneering of the Fall simmer as touchstones within the LP, sharp and prodding at the details, pulsing with urgency. The bulk of WIVES songs oscillate between macro and micro, veering from a zoom-in on the tiny aspects of everyday to a sprawling pan over the world at large; from going stir-crazy in a Brooklyn walk-up to the effect of global capitalism on working-class people. So Removed doesnt know what the point of this is. And thats okay. "Waving Past Nirvana" is a literal interpretation of the bodhisattvaone who has achieved the release, the awakened eye, and yet wants to trade it back for the painful life of desire because she/he/they predominantly feels compassion. This "entering back into the world" to fight a fool's battle is the essence of "Waving Past Nirvana."

1/ Waving Past Nirvana 2/ Kinda Like You

• Format Detail: 7" Vinyl
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: Rock

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