I always seem to have a huge amount of bands “on my radar and must see” – bands that have caught my attention from a small sample size of music. One of the acts I’ve been following this year is from Brisbane, Australia known as WAAX with a brand new EP at Christmas.
This brand spanking new four-song EP titled “Holy Sick”, is a perfect slice of ferocious post-punk. Vocalist Maria DeVita wails and growls over a sonic assault of guitars and crashing drums with a superb bass line.
Brisbane has a very proud history of producing brilliant rock acts, with the garage sound pretty much perfected in the sunshine state’s capital. With WAAX, we have something a bit wilder, with a dangerous edge that draws your attention in a totally captivating way. They’ve turned the standard Brisbane rock sound on its head in 2015 and we’ve loved every minute of it. Debut EP, Holy Sick, is a riotous affair and my introduction to the four-piece
Marie Devita’s opening scream of, “I’m just a girl,” will leave you with little doubt in your mind that she’s a lot of things, none of which consist of her being ‘just’ anything. She’s a force of nature throughout ‘I For An Eye’ and the EP’s title track ‘Holy Sick’, before showing she and the band are far from a one note act on my favourite EP cut, ‘CC Thugs’. That last one is rock perfection and enough for me to believe that there is a very bright future ahead for Brisbane’s new face of rock.
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