Dew Process signs Brisbane band WAAX
Dew Process/Universal Music Australia this morning announced they have signed Brisbane five-piece WAAX. The deal covers Australia and New Zealand. A new single Labrador will be followed by national…
Dew Process/Universal Music Australia this morning announced they have signed Brisbane five-piece WAAX.
The deal covers Australia and New Zealand.
A new single ‘Labrador’ will be followed by national dates where they will preview new material.
Fronted by Marie DeVita, WAAX’s approach from the start was focussed on the live show.
“We just wanted our shows to be exciting and intense; and that was naturally manifested in our recordings,” the band said.
“Our songs are like a harsh aural reality-check with an unexpected nurturing side – kind of like a tough mother-figure filtered through a shitload of fuzz.”
Their first EP Holy Sick in 2014 quickly gained them a following for its bass-heavy melodic punk elements.
Reporting from inside the Australian music business since '94.
Last year’s Wild & Weak EP widened their following even more, tapping on more modern and angular post-punk influences as Kurt Vile, and lyrically DeVita using each track to convey the emotions she went through due to a personal relationship breaking down and with changes within the band.
WAAX became festival favourites, with slots at Falls, The Plot, Yours & Owls,, Secret Garden and most recently, The Smith Street Band’s Pool House Party.
In April, they support Scottish power trio Biffy Clyro on their Australian East Coast run.
WAAX also do their dates at:
Friday May 11: Miami Shark Bar, Gold Coast
Thursday May 31: Ed Castle, Adelaide
Friday June 1, The Sewing Room, Perth
Saturday June 2: The Odd Fellow, Fremantle
Friday June 8: Rad, Wollongong
Saturday June 9: The Lair Sydney (all ages, early)
Saturday June 9: The Lair Sydney (+18, evening)
Sunday June 10: The Cambridge, Newcastle
Wednesday June 13: Barwon Club, Geelong
Thursday June 14: Pelly Bar, Frankston
Friday June 15: Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
Saturday June 16, The Zoo, Brisbane
This Thursday (March 29), WAAX team with Pilerats and The Triffid club in Brisbane to curate their own mini-festival titled Your New Fav Band.
The free event features Hound, WE SET SAIL and The Cutaways.
WAAX will not be performing but will be attending “for all the hangz and the beerz”.
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