Babes (album)

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Babes
Wavves Babes cover.png
Studio album by
Wavves
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2023
RecordedJune–November 2009
StudioA church [1]
Morin Studios, Sacramento [2] [3]
Genre Noise pop, lo-fi
Length40:23
Label Self-released
Producer
Wavves chronology
Hideaway
(2021)		Babes
(2023)
Singles from Wavvves
  1. "Cool Jumper"
    Released: August 12, 2009

Babes is the eighth studio album by American band Wavves. recorded in 2009. Although it was intended to be either the band's third or fourth studio album, [4] it was not released officially until September 11, 2023, when it was self-released on Wavves' official Patreon account. [5]

Contents

History

In May 2009, singer Nathan Williams experienced a public breakdown as the band was unable to complete their set at the 2009 Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona. As a result, the band cancelled the remainder of their European tour, and all members except Williams left. [6]

Zach Hill would join the band as the drummer of Wavves in mid 2009. They would intensely collaborate in this short time, and an entire album's worth of material was recorded. [7] "Cool Jumper" was the sole single released promoting the album. [8] Songs from the album were played live throughout 2009 [2] and a Daytrotter session was recorded to promote the album. [9] Although Hill was happy with the recorded material, and expressed further plans for Wavves, a bad left hand injury in November 2009 forced him to withdraw, [10] and he would not return to the band afterwards, being replaced by Stephen Pope and Billy Hayes from Jay Reatard's backing band. [11]

Williams reported that the album was to be expected towards the end of 2010, [12] but this never materialised. Songs such as "Super Soaker" and "Post Acid" were later re-recorded for Wavves' third album, King of the Beach . In 2011 Hill commented his dismay that the full album had still not been released, [13] and four more tracks such as "Horse Shoes", "Hula Hoop", "Goldy Lox", and "Glued" were self-released by Williams throughout 2011. [3] Rumours about the album continued to persist for years.

Andy Morin, Hill's collaborator and later band member in Death Grips, was said to have produced and recorded the album; [1] [2] the recording location and dates overlap with his producing role on Hill's album Face Tat , and Williams is also thanked in the album's credits. [14] After 14 years, in early 2023 the MP3 files for the album were found on his personal Soulseek account 'epicproblem', which was leaked and spread by fans as a digital bootleg. Williams reacted by releasing the full album on the band's official Patreon page on September 11, 2023. [5]

Reception

Upon the release of "Cool Jumper" in 2009, Joe Colly of Pitchfork commented that "Zach Hill's presence is immediately felt in the song's fierce asymmetrical percussion and electronic-soaked textures, which provide exciting counterpoint to Williams' surfer-boy vocal delivery." [8] Ryan Dombal commented on the 2011 release of "Horse Shoes" that it was "a bit more on the garage side of the garage-punk divide and ends with a manic slash of sped-up guitars and drums." [15]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Goldy Lox"2:29
2."Super Soaker"3:27
3."Headrush"1:08
4."Gemini"1:51
5."Cool Jumper"5:52
6."Horse Shoes"4:19
7."Post Acid"1:32
8."Spit My Teeth"3:09
9."Sleep All Day"3:22
10."Hula Hoop"2:49
11."Glued"2:38
12."Bed Demon"2:35
13."Baseball Cards"5:12
Total length:40:23

Personnel

Wavves

Additional personnel

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  2. 1 2 3 Breihan, Tom (August 17, 2009). "Another New Wavves Jam: "Hula Hoop"". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Williams, Nathan (March 22, 2011). "GLUED, HULA HOOP, GOLDY LOX" . Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  4. ↑ Carlick, Stephen (August 3, 2010). "Nathan Williams Talks More 2010 Releases as Wavves Hit the Road • News •". Exclaim.ca. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  5. 1 2 WAVVES (September 11, 2023). "Wavves - Babes (unreleased)" . Retrieved November 30, 2024.
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  7. ↑ "Pitchfork Music Festival 2009: Friday and Saturday". Pitchfork. July 20, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  8. 1 2 Colly, Joe (August 27, 2009). "Wavves: Cool Jumper Track Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Wavves Daytrotter Session 2009". 2009. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  10. ↑ "ZACH HILL'S HAND INJURY IS NASTY". Impose Magazine. 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  11. ↑ Hughes, Josiah (November 19, 2009). "Jay Reatard's Former Backing Band Join Wavves". Exclaim. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
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  15. ↑ Dombal, Ryan (February 21, 2011). "New Wavves: "Horse Shoes"". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
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