Witching Waves (band)

Witching Waves
Origin	London, England
Genres	Post punk, noise pop, indiepop, indie rock
Years active	2013-present
Labels	Soft Power, HHBTM, Odd Box
Associated acts	Weird Menace, Gloss Rejection, Black Fungus, Junk
Members	Emma Wigham Mark Jasper Estella Adeyeri
Past members	Ed Shellard

Witching Waves are a DIY indie post-punk band from London, UK.Drowned In Sound hailed their debut long-player as of the best albums of 2014.

Witching Waves (Emma Wigham: drums; Mark Jasper: guitars) formed in late 2013 following the dissolution of Wigham’s previous band Weird Menace, which Jasper had also joined in its final incarnation. The new band released a debut self-titled EP on the Suplex Cassettes label the same year and a cassette single on Soft Power records in early 2014.

Witching Waves’ first album Fear of Falling Down was released in 2014 to positive reviews. A cassette EP of cover versions was also issued as a joint release with As Ondas, including each band versioning one of the other band’s songs. Witching Waves became a trio the same year with the addition of bassist Ed Shellard (also of Gloss Rejection).

2015 saw a split EP of new material, released to mark a joint UK tour with Rattle; the band also previewed new tracks from their forthcoming second album, including “Twister” which Clash called “feral yet sharply melodic”.

Crystal Café was released in 2016 to widespread praise, drawing comparisons to Sonic Youth, Pixies,the Vaselines and the Cure. The album was released in the US by HHBTM Records, and short tours of the US and Europe followed; the band also played Indietracks. Estella Adeyeri (also of Junk; previously of Dirtygirl) joined Witching Waves the same year, replacing Shellard on bass.

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