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Music: Rock/Pop

Wavves w/ the Smith Westerns and Total Slacker

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The Bowery Ballroom says:

Nathan Williams, the leader of Los Angeles surf-punk trio Wavves, has never strayed far from the Internet’s caustic gaze, though his powerfully punchy, melodic yet grungy surf rock is seldom the cause of controversy. “I’m a professional melter-downer,” he says, reached by phone from his L.A. home, where he’s cat-sitting for his girlfriend, Bethany Cosentino of the lo-fi pop outfit Best Coast. Said feline, an orange tabby, appears in cartoon likeness on the cover of Wavves’ upcoming LP, King of the Beach. Williams continues his thought: “I’m thankful that they mopped up all of my meltedness, and I was able to be put together into a good solid substance again.”

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In line with fuzz-punkers like No Age and Times New Viking, Wavves mastermind Nathan Williams is as inspired by the Beach Boys as he is by Metal Machine Music. Awash in over-saturated skronk, the Pitchfork-adored surfer dude is distinguished by his simultaneous embrace of no-fi noise and traditional melody. Bedecked in hiss and static, normally sunshine-laden "ohhhs" and "ahhhs" adopt a menacing tone, as the San Diegan's carefully contorted feedback rides a rogue wave all its own.

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