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One to Watch: Wishy
The Indianapolis band’s hook-heavy take on indie-disco nostalgia is somehow very 2024
The Indianapolis band, built around the songwriting duo of Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites, have strong ears for hooks and an evidently encyclopedic knowledge of the past 30 years of indie music. Wishy’s debut album, Triple Seven, plays a little like the playlist your coolest friend made you in high school: Busted taps into the melodic yearning of early Strokes, while Just Like Sunday rides a Lil Peep-style trap-rock beat. The pair knew each other in high school in Indiana, and their sensibilities are well matched on Triple Seven, which has a scattershot approach to genre that feels reflective of the way people listen to music now.
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