Wavves Shares “Way Too Much,” Fights With His Label
Nathan Williams has been so busy with various side projects over the last year — from his Cloud Nothings collab to bro trio Spirit Club to beat alter ego Sweet Valley — that I almost forgot he was set to release an album under his original moniker as well. But now we have what looks like it could be the lead single to the upcoming Wavves full-length, which is supposed to come out sometime this year. It’s called “Way Too Much” and it kinda fucking rocks, basically a Blink-182 song without all the corniness. His last full-length was 2013’s underrated Afraid Of Heights. Check it out via Pitchfork below.
UPDATE: Apparently Williams released the song early without his label’s permission. Warner Bros. wanted to pull the song, but he protested via a series of frustrated tweets, threatening to leak the entire album if they took it down. And it looks like Williams wins this round: “Way Too Much” will remain on Spotify, and it’ll be officially released via iTunes on Monday. Read the tweets below.
you guys i literally hate @wbr they wanna pull 'way too much' already
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 16, 2015
sorry @wbr its already out if you pull the song ill post the whole album
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 16, 2015
i am nottttt fuucking aroundddd anymore pic.twitter.com/9gExA9WRg5
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 16, 2015
its so obnoxious to work tirelessly on something and then have a bunch of ppl who just see me as a money sign go and fuck it all up
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 16, 2015
its nauseating tbh i spend 365 days a year in a studio making songs and ppl at warner still think they are gonna call the shots on my art
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 16, 2015
listen to the music. do you like the music? we worked hard on it. what did warner do? they heard it once and tried to make edits. i said no.
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 16, 2015
if you have way too much put it on youtube. rip it and put it on your phone and your friends phone @wbr
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 16, 2015
hahahahahaha okay guys way too much is gonna be on itunes by monday so win/win. jam it via spotify till then ???? pic.twitter.com/RuK2W1iay4
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 16, 2015
DONT EVER LET THEM PUSH U AROUND
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 16, 2015
💪
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 16, 2015
UPDATE 2: Williams has now put the song on SoundCloud (we’ve embedded it above in lieu of the original Spotify) and revealed the album artwork in another series of frustrated tweets directed at Warner Bros. Check those out below. The album is titled V.
fuck it https://t.co/HSNA0Cms9R
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 17, 2015
https://t.co/HSNA0Cms9R @wbr @wbr @wbr @wbr
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 17, 2015
lollll keep trying @wbr you cant stop me pic.twitter.com/gKfn49d9Bg
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 17, 2015
they gonna try to sue me if i use the art i already had so heres my art what u gonna do with me now?? @wbr pic.twitter.com/ERNNCWRQtX
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 17, 2015
album is called ‘v’. fifth album. v. vv. vvv. a trilogy.
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 17, 2015
you dont scare me. im not scared of getting dropped or sued by u so what do u have? @wbr pic.twitter.com/38ouz3ioRn
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 17, 2015
heres my art let me release my record @wbr pic.twitter.com/sex8Qxfm4n
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 17, 2015
— WAVVES (@wavves) July 17, 2015
