WIVES kickin' back with a summer vibe for "The 20 Teens" video

"The 20 Teens" is off So Removed, the forthcoming debut album from Queens, NY upstarts WIVES. Watch Alexandra Noland's fab video below.

Queens, NY-based four-piece WIVES -- featuring guitarist/vocalist Jay Beach, guitarist Andrew Bailey (also of DIIV), drummer Adam Sachs, and bassist Alex Crawford – have just released the video for their latest single, “The 20 Teens,” off their recently announced debut album, So Removed, due out October 4th via City Slang. There's also a limited transparent gold vinyl version being offered by Vinyl Me, Please in an edition of 300 copies available for pre-order here.  

The intriguing clip for "The 20 Teens" was directed by Alexandra Noland and features the colourful animated squiggles of Robbie Pfeffer. "This video was really fun to make," enthuses Pfieffer, "and the track is really reminiscent of all the music I grew up loving -- Velvet Underground, Modern Lovers, Sonic Youth, etc. It reminds me of New York. I think the kind of blown out soft aspect of the old film mixed with kind of hectic animation and the footage of the band playing live make an interesting mix. It feels like a memory of something that may or may not have happened.”

WIVES today also announced their next Brooklyn show at Our Wicked Lady on June 26th and a fall European tour. See below for a full itinerary. More dates will soon be announced.

“The 20 Teens” is the third single released from So Removed, following “Workin'” and “Waving Past Nirvana,” the latter being the A-side of the band’s debut 7” (b/w 'Kinda Like You’) which appeared in  stores Friday, May 24th.

WIVES is the latest fit into a long lineage of New York’s gritty, melodic-meets-punk bands. So Removed is grungy dark-wave, tethered to daily anxiety without resorting to cynicism. The noisy dissonance of Sonic Youth, the edgy hooks of early Pixies, and the clever, cerebral sneering of the Fall simmer as touchstones within the album, sharp and prodding at the details, pulsing with urgency. So Removed plunges into the void of unknown, a tangle of contemporary dread and optimism, mapping the gray areas of alienation.

Embedded in New York’s DIY music scene through their respective projects, with years of playing house shows and booking their own tours under their belts, it wasn’t until a random day of extra studio time booked for another project that the four of them actually played together. So Removed came together in stolen moments, mainly during off-hours, with the band doing much of the recording themselves -- as such, it ripples with a visceral intensity and a live-to-tape sound.

Check out the videos for "The 20 Teens" and "Workin'" followed by a list of upcoming WIVES tour dates.





WIVES on tour:
06/26 - Brooklyn, NY @ Our Wicked Lady
11/10 - Lorient, France @ Les Indisciplinées Festival
11/14 - London, UK @ The Victoria
11/19 - Amsterdam, NL @ Cinetol
11/20 - Rotterdam, NL @ V11
11/21 - Berlin, DE @ Urban Spree
11/26 - Luxembourg, LU @ Rotondes
11/28 - Paris, FR @ Point FMR