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01. The Wants - Void Meets Concrete
02. The Wants - Data Tumor
03. The Wants - 87 Gas
04. The Wants - Disposable Man
05. The Wants - All Comes At Once
06. The Wants - Cruel
07. The Wants - Too Tight
08. The Wants - Lover Sister Mother
09. The Wants - Feeling Alright
10. The Wants - Explosions
11. The Wants - No Need
ARTIST
TITLE
Bastard
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
STTT 001CD STTT 001CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/13/2025

Second album by electro/post-punk trio from New York. Too raw to be pure electronic music, too mechanized to be straight rock -- a sound inspired by Public Image Limited and The Smiths as well as Bauhaus, Throbbing Gristle, Smashing Pumpkins, and Massive Attack. An adversarial network of ideas, electronic post-punk trio The Wants welcome the possibility that embracing friction can give rise to something cathartic and unexpected. Formed by Madison Velding-VanDam and Jason Gates in 2017, and with the addition of Yasmeen Night in 2021, The Wants' sound is defined by the push and pull of its members' processes: floating rhythms upheaving grounded songwriting, pulsing synths overwhelming live instrumentation. Their new record, Bastard, is an evolution of many of the seeds planted in their debut record, Container (2020), with a refined sense of acerbic emotional urgency and sonic experimentation. Drawing from a deep well of influences across decades and genres, The Wants forge an unlikely alliance of sounds that feels both radical and inevitable. Velding-VanDam channels both the raw power and snark of Public Image Ltd. and The Smiths' romance, while Gates draws intensity from bands like Bauhaus and Throbbing Gristle, and inspiration from experimental techno. Night's sound bridges inspiration from '90s alternative rock like Smashing Pumpkins and Garbage between the nocturnal trip-hop atmosphere of Massive Attack. The result sits in its own category, drawing favorable comparisons to early PIL and contemporaries like Model/Actriz while remaining distinctly their own beast.