Wishy "Paradise" CS (2023)

Details: Wishy "Paradise" CS (2023, Winspear). Red cassette shell, white pad printing. New stock, sealed.

Description: "Wishy's debut single for new label home Winspear, the driving and distorted “Donut,” showcases Pitchkites' hypnotic vocal and Krauter’s melancholic wash of guitars. Written after a period when Pitchkites was driving on a spare, “Donut” laments the cynical capitalism of Midwest living and the reliance on a car to get around. Of the song Pitchkites says “When you’ve got the possibility of the open road plus the limitations of your shitty car–and you’re stuck driving on a donut spare tire– it’s a Catch 22.” 

Throughout Paradise, the band laments on American loneliness and idealism as it relates to our everyday lives. Across the EP’s five tracks, Pitchkites and Krauter trade bittersweet reflections on love and self-actualization over vast, scrappy guitar chords. The whole thing feels equally indebted to early aughts alt-rock and ‘90s jangle pop. Wishy’s music is cathartic, yet underlined by a subtle brooding energy—sitting nicely alongside the work of their contemporaries like Momma or Tanukichan, both of whom Wishy have shared the stage with."

CS TRACK LISTING:

1. Paradise
2. Donut
3. Spinning
4. Blank Time
5. Too True