Wax Chattels
Reviews
Super Chuck
Reviewed 2018-08-21
Reviewed 2018-08-21
Wax Chattels create darkly hypnotic and frenetic music that's both rhythmically complex and sinister. The Auckland-based trio have captured the live ferocity of their “guitarless guitar music” beautifully. Melodic yet ruthlessly dissonant, Wax Chattels takes full control of their powerful sound that comprises of drums, bass and a keyboard with such skill that it’s easy to forget or even care that there are no guitars. If that isn’t number 8 wire Kiwi ingenuity, then I don’t know what is.
Like: Moaning, Metz, Prettiest Eyes, B Boys
FCC 3, 6, 9
Play: 2, 5, 7
1.Concrete (4:32) Math-y approach to timing and noisy syncopation.
2.Stay Disappointed (3:25) Kiwi underground rock history, the one that's a bit less sunny and a bit less jangly.
3.It (2:03) Nihilistic bites with electro-garage-punk fillings.
4.Gillian (4:31) An ode to Gillian Anderson of X-Files
5.In My Mouth (4:31) Deliciously dark rowdy punk spirit and scraped-knee hooks.
6.Shrinkage (3:06) Hair-ripping and mosh-pit makeup density of drums-driven.
7.Career (3:59) Haunting vocals open up wide, blurry spaces on the ever-building.
8.NRG (3:18) Raw organ squeals from a keyboard that sounds like it’s on the verge of short-circuiting.
9.Parallel Lines (6:10) Damaged Bug-esque pop.
10.Facebook (3:39) lurching, static, borderline sludgy.
Like: Moaning, Metz, Prettiest Eyes, B Boys
FCC 3, 6, 9
Play: 2, 5, 7
1.Concrete (4:32) Math-y approach to timing and noisy syncopation.
2.Stay Disappointed (3:25) Kiwi underground rock history, the one that's a bit less sunny and a bit less jangly.
3.It (2:03) Nihilistic bites with electro-garage-punk fillings.
4.Gillian (4:31) An ode to Gillian Anderson of X-Files
5.In My Mouth (4:31) Deliciously dark rowdy punk spirit and scraped-knee hooks.
6.Shrinkage (3:06) Hair-ripping and mosh-pit makeup density of drums-driven.
7.Career (3:59) Haunting vocals open up wide, blurry spaces on the ever-building.
8.NRG (3:18) Raw organ squeals from a keyboard that sounds like it’s on the verge of short-circuiting.
9.Parallel Lines (6:10) Damaged Bug-esque pop.
10.Facebook (3:39) lurching, static, borderline sludgy.
Recent airplay
In My Mouth
Music Casserole — Oct 11, 2025
Career
Music Casserole — Jan 04, 2025
In My Mouth
Magnetized Toner (rebroadcast from Jul 29, 2021) — Sep 02, 2021
In My Mouth
Magnetized Toner (rebroadcast from Mar 12, 2019) — Jul 29, 2021
Stay Disappointed
Magnetized Toner = Best of 2018 [Conclusion] + New Music — Jan 29, 2019
Career
Being as an ocean — Oct 18, 2018
Charting
2018-08-26 — 2018-10-28
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Oct 21 | 2 |
| Sep 23 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | 1 |
| Sep 9 | 1 |
| Sep 2 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Concrete | ||
| 2. | Stay Disappointed | ||
| 3. | It | ||
| 4. | Gillian | ||
| 5. | In My Mouth | ||
| 6. | Shrinkage | ||
| 7. | Career | ||
| 8. | Nrg | ||
| 9. | Parallel Lines | ||
| 10. |