Wavers began in summer 2021 when Jake, Josh and Charlie wrote and demoed five songs and sent them to new friend Rosie, who wrote vox and lyrics within the week. Those tracks became the “Wavers” EP, released by Musical Fanzine in summer 2024. After three years of practicing and 30 gigs, they recorded “Look What I Found” in fall 2024 with Olympia legend Capt. Tripps Ballsington at High Command, whose credits include Broken Water, Milk Music, Gun Outfit, Physique, Pigeon Pit etc.
Wavers is a huge-hearted indie rock band influenced by diy punk, beloved friends, changing seasons, and our world in decline. Jake writes complex melodic lead bass guitar, Charlie adds skillful drumming and soaring harmonies, Josh’s guitar detonates controlled explosions all over the place, and Rosie’s vox and indie pop compositions provide the warm, humanist center. Lyrics explore beloved friends and lovers, environments built and natural, seasonality, listening to music in cars, jumping in always-changing rivers etc. Some folks say they sound like one-off self-released 7”s from 1995. This is raw indie rock for spiky kids with Discount, rather than Discharge, back patches.
WAVERS - HEARTBEAT
from their debut LP “Look What I Found” out on August 29th via Musical Fanzine, Salinas, and Reach Around Records
UPCOMING SHOWS:
midwest tour to come in July 2025!
July 3, 2025 - Pittsburgh, PA
July 5, 2025 - Athens, OH
July 6, 2025 - Grand Rapids, MI
July 8, 2025 - Chicago, IL
July 9, 2025 - Madison, WI
July 10, 2025 - Minneapolis, MN
some past shows:
#32 12/8/24 @ Speck Records, Portland OR w/ Nite Sprites, Take Effect.
#31 12/7/24 @ Interzone, Corvallis OR w/ Skeleton Boy, Who Brought Opie?, The Sparrow.
#30 12/6/24 @ Josh's House (open practice).
#29 9/15/24 @ Rascals Flat w/ Croix (MI), Tyranny Bell.
#28 9/13/24 @ Dumpster Values w/ Thin Veil, Catch.
#27 8/9/24 @ Le Voyeur w/ Neutrals (SF), Magic Fig (SF), Moving Pictures.
#26 7/23/24 @ Le Voyeur w/ 11-11.
#25 6/27/24 @ Upside, Lancaster PA w/ Junk, Other Girls.
#24. 6/26/24 @ Common Beat, Philadelphia PA w/ Marathon 77, Privacy Issues, Lippy.
#23. 6/25/24 @ Living Gallery, Brooklyn NY w/ Privacy Issues, Time Thief, Sunday Compost.
#22. 6/24/24 @ Lost Bag, Providence RI w/ Time Thief, Older Brother, Femur.
#21. 6/23/24 @ Frog's Spot, New Haven CT w/ Spit-Take, Time Thief.
#20, 6/22/24 @ Auspicious Brew, Dover NH w/ Ezra Cohen, Tin Fish.
#19. 6/21/24 @ Distant Castle, Worcester MA w/ Itoarazi, Empty Olive, Jawrsh.
#18. 6/19/24 @ ABC House w/ Perennial (CT), Pigeon Pit.
#17. 5/31/24 @ Josh's House w/ Nite Sprites (PDX), The ETNOS.
#16. 4/26/24 @ Pressing On Fitness w/ Trust Fall.
February 25, 2024 - Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur w/ Vulture Feather, Ket Cat, New Here
December 22, 2023 - Olympia, WA @ New Moon w/ Trust Fall, Tender Perennial
October 22, 2023 - Vancouver, BC @ Green Auto w/ Pigeon Pit, Boymoder, TJ Felix & the Totes Awky Kids.
October 21, 2023 - Seattle, WA @ Pipsqueak w/ Pigeon Pit.
October 20, 2023 - Olympia, WA @ Pig Bar w/ Pigeon Pit, Tyranny Bell
September 22, 2023 - Olympia, WA @ Voyeur w/ Mini Golf Water Feature (Tacoma), Squill
September 15, 2023 - Olympia, WA @ New Moon w/ Soyjoy (Vancouver), Freddie Lee Toyoda (Seattle), Fastener
August 15, 2023 - Olympia, WA @ Mortuary w/ Posy (Olympia/NY), Negative Zeal
#7 - Olympia, WA @ Scrapyard w/ The Cradle (NYC), Madz
July 14, 2023 - Olympia, WA @ Voyeur w/ 11-11, Phantasy Girl
#5 Olympia, WA @ Voyeur w/ 11-11, Hidden Driver (Tacoma), Tender Perennial
#4 Olympia, WA @ Voyeur w/ Dogbreth (Tuscon), Supercrush (Seattle)
#3 Olympia, WA @ LBK w/ Ragana, Pigeon Pit
August 22, 2022 - Olympia, WA @ Voyeur w/ Bombshell Nightlight (Missoula), Fastener
#1 Olympia, WA @ LBK w/ Mona Reels