The Ninth Wave (band)

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The Ninth Wave
Origin Glasgow, Scotland
Genres
Years active2017–2022, 2024–present
Members
  • Haydn Park-Patterson
  • Millie Kidd
  • Kyalo Searle-Mbullu
  • Calum Stewart

The Ninth Wave is a Scottish band. Formed in Glasgow, the band consists of Haydn Park-Patterson, Millie Kidd, Kyalo Searle-Mbullu and Calum Stewart. [1] They have released two albums and one EP, all of which have been nominated for the Scottish Album of the Year Award.

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History

Band members Haydn Park-Patterson and Millie Kidd have known each other since childhood. Park-Patterson,his brother Ronan Park and cousin Finlay Park played in a band entitled The Ninth Wave, a name Park-Patterson and Kidd later adopted for their own musical project. [2] Prior to taking up music professionally, Park-Patterson had been working in a coffee shop. [3] The duo later recruited Kyalo Searle-Mbullu and Calum Stewart, whom they had known from other bands, to join the band. [1] The band have performed at South by Southwest and headlined Glasgow's TRNSMT festival, [4] and have opened for fellow Scottish band Chvrches. [3]

In 2019, the band released their first album, Infancy, which was shortlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year Award. [5] The album also received a nomination for Best Independent Album at the AIM Independent Music Awards. [6] Also in 2019 while filming a video for a song from this album, the band issued a public warning due to the video including a dummy being thrown off a roof. [7]

In 2020, the band released an EP, Happy Days! accompanied by a single, Everything Will Be Fine. [8] The EP went on to be shortlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year award. [9]

In 2022, the band announced that they would be going on an indefinite hiatus after the release of their second album, Heavy Like a Headache. [10] The album was again nominated on the longlist for the Scottish Album of the Year award. [11] They played their final gig before the hiatus on 19 March, describing the gigs in a statement as possibly being their "last ever". [12]

In 2024, the band reunited, performing their first reunited live performance on 11 May, at Saint Luke's church in Glasgow. [13]

Musical style and influences

Critics have categorised the band as post-punk, [2] synth pop [14] and new wave. [15] [16] Their music often includes elements of gothic rock. [16] Their music often makes use of aggressive drums, synthesizers and jangle guitars with heavy reverb. [2] Their earliest music contained significant influence from shoegaze. [2]

They have cited influences including the Cure, Editors, [2] Gilla Band, the Velvet Underground, Eartheater, Yves Tumor, Kelly Lee Owens, Massive Attack, Young Fathers, Sibylle Baier, Townes Van Zandt, Savages, Sophie and Warpaint. [17] Kidd has described her musical influences as including Grimes, FKA Twigs and Marika Hackman, while Park-Patterson's influences include Rush, AC/DC and Psychedelic Furs. [2]

Members

Current members

Discography

Albums

EPs

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