Holy Wave‘s evolution from laid back neo-psychedelic reverb freaks to a more experimental group who folding shoegaze and dream pop into their sound began on 2020’s Interloper, took flight on 2023’s Five of Cups, and comes as close to perfect as possible on 2026’s enthralling i’m DADA. Working with longtime engineer Joo Joo Ashworth and the duo behind Lorelle Meets the obsolete (Lorena Quintanilla and Alberto González) in the latter’s Mexican studio, the band have left behind almost all their garage rock influences, instead trafficking in heavily overloaded shoegaze, billowing dream pop, echoing dub reggae, and deconstructed indie rock, while also taking a swing at their own take on the charmingly retro futuristic pop Stereolab invented back in…
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