With a frenetic simplicity, "Space Invaders" is a nihilistic response to the local scene. Meaningless lyrics with a raucous quirky energy.

Space Invaders

WAWAWOW’s brand new single “Fluoro Fitzwilliam” is five fuzzed out minutes of deranged psych pop, inspired by the colourful dreams of a house cat. If you listen closely, you may just hear him calling.

Written and performed by Wade Van Den Hoek, Hayden Woolridge, Paul Nealgrove and Shaun Allen. 

Recorded at Enmore Audio and engineered by Dan Shaw and Cefe Flynn. Mixed by Dane Burge. Mastered by Andrew Edgson at Studios 301, Sydney. 

Artwork by David Johnston.

Fluoro Fitzwilliam

Pink Elephant

Elephant

Pinwheel

Well, These Shoes Aren't Gonna Take Themselves Off

Rat Porridge

Margaret Snowpants

Green Man

The Pot

Yesterday

Girls

Vanilda

Sydney's psych-junk outfit WAWAWOW have a name to suit the magic – it’s half jam, half Tetris. Carved out of the itches of four frustrated instrumentalists, the group evolved from a like-this-but-weirder attitude to something eccentrically rectangular, with a sound described as “a data-driven Thee Oh Sees for kids that keep their shirt on”.

With a bent, frenzied view of the psych-rock genre, WAWAWOW combine jittery synth with sporadic B-52s style vocals and absurdly indulgent guitars. The four-piece alternate between rhythmic refrain and fuzzy overkill, using pudgy effects to create a “cheeky, trippy, and delightfully screwy” feel, like if Charles Mingus covered The Strokes. Blacklights, glowing drumsticks and triggered rope lights add to the band’s praised live show, with a non-stop monolithic performance that has been electrifying Australian audiences over the last few years.

With a full length LP to be released in February 2020, WAWAWOW are throwing out a “big, eccentric sound that Sydney will surely be hearing a lot more from.” Dig it now and dig it fast.

WAWAWOW

Popular tracks