★★★★★
Somebody between Live Nation and the Cosmopolitan Hotel dreamed up a quirky "Set Your Life to Music" concert series that will see artists like Blink-182 and Minus the Bear perform in a 'backyard setting' atop the high-rise's Boulevard pool deck, which provides the atmosphere, grandeur, and all of the allure that is distinctly incumbent to Las Vegas...
- www.punknews.org
2013-09-14
★★★★★
I have been a fan of Wavves since that asshole Del first introduced to them via their amazing album King of the Beach. I loved the whole fucking vibe. It was as though Kurt Cobain grew up in a Southern California beach town instead of the dreary as Fuck sticks of the Pacific Northwest. Similar steez but different approach...
- www.syffal.com
2013-05-02
★★★★★
www.momandpopmusic.com
BY DANNY R. PHILLIPS
Honestly, I don't know what to think of the latest offering from Nathan Williams and Stephen Pope aka Wavves. Afraid of Heights is a good record if you like sugary coated, 90's revival alt-rock with a dark energy that signifies nothing. I guess I'm just indifferent.
I do not hate this record nor do I hate Wavves...
- blurtonline.com
2013-04-24
★★★★★
While much of the charm of Wavves' previous albums was their DIY approach and significant layer of lo-fi scuzz, Afraid of Heights signals a shift in the band's creative vision, at least from a production standpoint--one that's seemingly at odds with Wavves' established pop-punk aesthetic. Album opener "Sail to the Sun" begins with an extended intro of chiming xylophone before turning into a crunchy two-chord anthem, like the Ramones with a layer of digital polish...
- www.slantmagazine.com
2013-04-18
★★★★★
The Californian rockers Wavves are back, with the release of their fourth studio album Afraid of Heights. Their well known nasally vocals and surf rock has a seemingly darker feel about it this time around, with tracks like 'Demon to Lean On' and 'Sail the Sun' speaking of death and loneliness. Through the layer of dark lyricism shines some catchy tunes that keep you bopping along...
- www.theaureview.com
2013-04-15
★★★★★
There will always be a time and a place for rock music that approximates the sensation of being 22 years old and getting intoxicated at the beach with your friends on a sunny, salty afternoon. Wavves perform this important, tried-and-true function of rock music pretty darn well. I can feel the salt water getting caught in my ear and taste the Pabst Blue Ribbon in the back of my mouth. This is unmistakably youthful music designed for not caring about stuff and wearing sunglasses...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-04-08
★★★★★
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Wavves - Afraid of HeightsWavves - Afraid of HeightsRecord Label: Mom + Pop
Release Date: March 26, 2013
A good friend of mine has a theory that culture--or at least American popular culture--runs in twenty-year cycles. Based on some of the trends in indie rock that have been popping up recently, I'm starting to think he might be right...
- www.absolutepunk.net
2013-04-04
★★★★★
Release Date: March 26, 2013 A good friend of mine has a theory that culture--or at least American popular culture--runs in twenty-year cycles. Based on some of the trends in indie rock that have been popping up recently, I'm starting to think he might be right. The list of bands putting out records recently that are somewhere on the spectrum between slightly influenced by and blatantly ripping off 90s indie and alternative rock goes on and on...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-04-04
★★★★★
Would the Wavves story have turned out differently had Nathan Williams's early lo-fi home recordings not been sucked up into a vortex of hype no human could possibly live up to? We'll never know, of course, and so everything he releases ends up being measured against that early promise. Unfortunately, his current work isn't nearly as remarkable as we'd hoped. Still, Afraid Of Heights doesn't suck...
- nowtoronto.com
2013-04-02
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