Tag: crystal cafe

Witching Waves at Philthy Mag

Sometimes it’s nice when a band turn out to be exactly what their name promises.  Such is the case for London trio Witching Waves, whose sophomore LP, Crystal Café, is set to drop on February 26th on LP, cassette, and digital download, via HHBTM Records.  The songs of Crystal Café tend to find themselves on… Continue reading Witching Waves at Philthy Mag

Witching Waves at Stereogum

Witching Waves hail from London and make ruminating post-punk with subtle pop sensibilities. The band’s sophomore album, Crystal Cafe, is due out this month and follows last year’s Fear Of Falling Down. “Flowers” initiates with the slow pitter-patter of a bassline and evolves into a proclamation of half-assed yearning. “I don’t miss it/ I don’t… Continue reading Witching Waves at Stereogum

Witching Waves at Backseat Mafia

Taken from their forthcoming album ‘Crystal Cafe’, out on February 26th via HHBTM Records (US)/Soft Power (UK), London trio Witching Waves have released a second single, Pitiless – aka Emma Wigham, Mark Jasper, and Ed Shellard. Opening with this twisting guitar line, it soon unfurls into this driving indie rock gem, mixing up elements of… Continue reading Witching Waves at Backseat Mafia

Witching Waves at Austin Town Hall

Okay, so if you’ve been following our pages, we’ve covered the band before, but if not, this might be your first introduction to the promising UK act,Witching Waves. It’s hard to place them in any particular genre; they combine dark elements of post punk with catchy rhythmic bouncing from the jangling pop arena. The vocals… Continue reading Witching Waves at Austin Town Hall

Witching Waves at Collective Zine

The blurb on this one suggested a healthy Sonic Youth influence and that’s pretty good timing for me personally at the moment as I’m in the midst of the annual Sonic Youth rediscovery binge – I’ve had “Goo”, “Daydream Nation” and “Dirty” in particular on repeat lately. On to Witching Waves then. They’re a London… Continue reading Witching Waves at Collective Zine

Witching Waves at For The Rabbits

Few bands on this list have given us less to go on regarding their new release, but a recent photo of copies of boxes of vinyl records called Crystal Cafe, would go to suggest that 2016 should see the debut album from London’s Witching Waves. The label, the tracklisting, the release date… well your guess… Continue reading Witching Waves at For The Rabbits

Witching Waves at Vulture Hound

If there was an award for ‘most appropriately named up-and-coming band of 2016’ Witching Waves would definitely a strong contender for the winner. Moody, atmospheric and haunting are the words you’re probably going to read in every review of this album in the coming few weeks. I’ve been lucky enough to have caught this band… Continue reading Witching Waves at Vulture Hound