· jclacking · details
Waax :: Wild and Weak EP
• released 2017-06-02
Whip-smart hooks, electronic frosting, and a sassy female vocalist make for a good combination.
· jclacking · details
Whip-smart hooks, electronic frosting, and a sassy female vocalist make for a good combination.
Sneer at the formula all you like, but putting a strong, dynamic female voice, one which ranges from a husky whisper to an anguished scream, in front of a well-produced guitar-centric combo can sometimes yield unexpectedly unique results.
Girl-forward pop-punk with a harder edge, the type where dissonant guitar stabs merge into gloriously harmonized chorus hooks.
With Emily Haines’ expressive vocals standing proud and up front, this is a collection of catchy singalong dance rock anthems.
Get ready for some uncomfortable oversharing, set to the tune of early grunge, with an occasional jazz or doo-wop idiom thrown in… it’s a bit of uneasy listening but it gets its hooks into you.