VOWWS, the Los Angeles-based Australian duo heavily inspired by Quentin Tarantino and horror movie scores, has been dropping single after single as they tour alongside Deftones.
While the new album isn’t due until March, they’re offering up another taste of what’s to come with the chilling ballad, “Wait”, featuring the forever haunting Chelsea Wolfe.
Written during the height of pandemic isolation, dealing with the sadness of watching humanity turn on itself – it is a love song, a desperate call to no one, and a melancholic reflection on a time that has seemingly disappeared as we rush to forget what we may never understand.
“This is the most direct, honest song we’ve written,” the band explained. “It wasn’t meant to be a VOWWS song originally, it was just an expression of feeling during a difficult time. But it took on a life of its own, especially when we got Chelsea involved – her vocals haunt this track, she took it somewhere we wouldn’t have, and that makes it special to us.”
“Wait” is somber and depressing, a slight departure from the typical hard-hitting, death-pop stylings of the band. However, singer-keyboardist Rizz promises the forthcoming singles are going to be absolute bangers.
VOWWS has been backed by Deftones frontman Chino Moreno and was on tour with Poppy before the pandemic hit. They’re an extremely do-it-yourself band that produces, directs, and edits the majority of their own music videos that nearly all carry that grim lo-fi VHS aesthetic many of us love.
In 2020 VOWWS released multiple singles with must-see videos – “Impulse Control”, “Them” and “Stay Where You Are” all reflecting the monotonous, confusing, and relentless dystopia of the year everything changed.
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