Ben Quad simply introduced their second album, Wisher, out Nov. 14 by way of Pure Noise Data. Following up the Oklahoma Metropolis post-emo band’s 2024 Ephemera EP, the LP was produced by Jon Markson (Drug Church, Drain) and faucets their pals from Candy Capsule, Microwave, and Treaty Oak Revival.
The primary single, “It’s Simply A Title,” sheds their screamo previous, reaching for a breezier area that borrows from pop-punk elders. “‘It’s Simply A Title’ is about residing with fixed existential insecurity and questioning whether or not life now’s any higher than earlier than,” guitarist Edgar Viveros says. “Musically, we drew inspiration from bands like All-American Rejects and Movement Metropolis Soundtrack, leaning into pop components like heavy synths and a guitar solo. It was the primary time we broke away from strict Midwest emo and punk constructions, and it got here collectively sooner than something we’ve written.” It arrives alongside a video directed by Alex Scalzo-Brown, the place the band stability these heavy themes with goofiness, wanting opulently hungover. “For the video, we simply wished to have enjoyable — silk robes, over-the-top vibes, and a tongue-in-cheek tackle ‘affected by success,’” he provides.
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Ben Quad are about to go out on a fall tour with Koyo, Restraining Order, Leaving Time, and I Promised The World, which concludes with a NYC present on Nov. 23. Afterward, they go on a U.Ok./EU run with Arm’s Size. See the complete tour itinerary right here.
Ben Quad – Wisher tracklist
- “What Fer?”
- “Painless”
- “You Wished Us, You Obtained Us” (feat. Zayna Youssef of Candy Capsule)
- “Did You Resolve to Skip Arts and Crafts?” (feat. Sam Canty of Treaty Oak Revival)
- “It’s Simply A Title”
- “Very Large in Sheboygan”
- “All Your Luck”
- “Basic Case of Man on the Floor”
- “West of West” (feat. Nathan Hardy of Microwave)
- “I Hate Cursive and I Hate All of You”
