Alternative rock artists Wavves and Say Anything have teamed up for their newest single “Deathx1k” and have announced their upcoming collaborative album Cherry Soda, out September 18 via I Surrender Records.
“Deathx1k” is the lead single from the upcoming album and is accompanied by an eccentric claymation music video directed by Stephen Coad.
Wavve’s Nathan Williams speaks on the origins of his partnership with Say Anything’s Max Bemis, sharing:
“He was Wavves adjacent. He’d been on tour with our drummer (Ross Traver) and our friend Justice Tripp (Angel Du$t). I’m a very curious person creatively, and somehow, Max told me he was a fan. After really digging into his catalog, I was kind of in shock. His records are really interesting. I wanted to see what an early 2000s Wavves emo record would sound like. That was the idea. To make a mall emo record.”
Bemis also shares about the collaborative effort with Williams, stating:
“We kind of wrote to each other’s situations. We’re both very different people, but we get along really well. As writers, we pushed ourselves. He became more emo and I became more Wavves-y. I think we brought out some of the stuff that isn’t most obvious in each other. I may be singing stuff that sounds kind of bleak, but that’s kind of like Nate’s whole shtick, although he’s actually a very sweet, sensitive guy.”
Cherry Soda was produced by blink-182‘s Aaron Rubin and features 10 new songs co-written by Bemis and Williams. Pre-orders for vinyls here and CDs here.
Cherry Soda Tracklist:
- Keep What Hurts
- Deathx1k
- Gone Away
- So Low
- Still Alive
- Cherry Soda
- Sell You Hope
- Litterbug
- Pretend Again
- Pinesol
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