Max / Red

City Of Clowns (MDJ Tools)

Sexy Clown (MDJ Tool)

Buletten & Blumen

Dummdidumm

in der Klemme

Irgendwohin

The Syntheziser Has Been Drinking

All Systems Are Lying / Run Free

Run Free (Nite Version)

Voices (We Live to Celebrate)

https://soundcloud.com/weareofwax
🛒 https://ofwax.bandcamp.com/track/severity
🔊 https://youtu.be/sd5O7yFv34I

Jakarta-based post-punk trio Of Wax follows up their first EP with double singles “Severity” and “Crows”. Staying true to the fantasy universe they have built in their 2024 release “Tribes”, the two tracks convey the vision of a fictional landscape, located neither in the distant future nor the past. The aesthetics and lyrical motifs of the songs are borrowed from Italian giallo movies of the 1960s and 1970s, reflecting a desire for a world that may or may not have existed.

The creation of “Severity” and “Crows” involved arpeggiated vintage synthesizers, drum machines, and layers of heavily reverbed and modulated guitars. This deliberate borrowing from cinematic soundscapes reflects the band's fascination with a world that is at once glamorous and menacing, conveying a collective yearning for a stylish, anachronistic reality.

"Severity" is a cold, driving anthem of stark consequences, driven by a motorik chant and arpeggiated synths. In contrast, "Crows" leans into the edgier elements of the band's post-punk influences, utilizing deep, echoing vocal delays and expansive reverbs to paint a picture of an ominous, shadowed urban environment within their fictional world.

The Syntheziser Has Been Drinking

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