Trio HotWax have shared their new single ‘Drop’ and confirmed they will be supporting Royal Blood on their forthcoming UK and US dates. The new track was mixed by Alan Moulder (Foo Fighters, Wet Leg) and marks the Hastings trio’s first new music since the release of their debut EP ‘A Thousand Times’.
Despite being younger than Fever to Tell and Sea Change, The British rockers from Hastings though officially forming in Brighton Tallulah Sim-Savage, Lola Sam, and Alfie Sayers have already earned the praise of Karen O and Beck
Their much-hyped debut EP “A Thousand Times”, which has already taken on cult status among fans of alt-rock, With the band’s second EP “Invite me, kindly” unleashed upon the world, HotWax is gearing up for a string of US tour dates
The release is accompanied by a UFO-themed official music video directed by Josh Quinton, “My aim for this video was to create an explosive & exciting journey through the band members’ brains that matches the exhilarating energy of the song, whilst also fusing their own personal style with my love for trashy 70s B movies and 90s kids TV,” said Quinton in a press release. “I wanted to use the symbolism of space travel to represent the band’s momentum and fresh landing into the world whilst adhering to a strong DIY ethos and reaching maximum altitudes of fun.”
“We didn’t overthink the first EP,” Tallulah says of their impressive debut project, “A Thousand Times”. “But on these songs we really went into more detail.” For example, HotWax tinkered with their bass-led sound. “We tried to even it out a bit and add more lead guitar parts,” she says. The aim, according to Lola, was simply to pare the production back: “This EP is a lot more raw—super dry, no reverb—than the last one.”
Songs like “Phone Machine” and “High Tea,” which are essentially about untangling uncomfortable feelings. The former conveys the pervasive sense of confusion that accompanies young adulthood via its frantic DIY production. “I was just messing around with amp settings in Logic and we came up with the riff,” Lola says. “It sounded a bit like a phone machine.” The latter, on the other hand, covers darker territory. “It’s about the two people you love the most arguing and not really getting along,” Tallulah says of “High Tea.” “Sometimes you just have to spit out the doubt that it causes you.”
The trio will also be supporting Royal Blood on their forthcoming UK and US dates, They will also play two of their own UK headline shows at Colours in Hoxton on September and Manchester Deaf Institute on the following night
The debut EP ‘A Thousand Times’ is out now.
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