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Wyldest just shared her new luminous new single 'Wax Museum' the latest glimpse of her forthcoming album 'The Universe Is Loading' out 14th November via Hand In Hive. 'Wax Museum' arrives alongside the announcement of a new UK support tour with Marissa Nadler and follows the album's previous tasters 'Old Flame', 'All It Would Take Is A Phone Call' and 'After The Ending'.
The first song written for her new album, ‘Wax Museum’ was inspired by painter Philip Guston’s warning: “Don’t be a wax museum” - a call against stagnation and repression. Over crystalline guitars and a hazy dream-pop glow, Wyldest explores what it means to stay vulnerable and alive in a turbulent world, asking instead for openness and rawness: “Are you wanting a thrill? / Let the rain wash all over you.”
Speaking more on the release of 'Wax Museum', Wyldest said: “To be a ‘Wax Museum,’ as Philip Guston said, is to be stagnant, lacking honesty and mimicking what already exists - and at times I find myself moving through days like that, choosing the easy road rather than the ones that require thought and action. Familiarity is comforting, but we risk becoming caricatures of ourselves, plucking the flower before it can thrive, too impatient to let it reach its potential. With so much noise and automation in the world, I wanted this song to set a precedent of being honest and present, un-numbing myself to injustice and making music I was 100% excited by.”
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Savannah Pope makes the kind of hauntingly unique songs you feel before truly understanding. The Los Angeles-based artist, known for her operatic vocals, stunning visuals, and unapologetic-ally raw songwriting, crafts songs that live somewhere between cinematic art rock, poetic-indie, and avant-pop spectacle.
Her forthcoming EP continues the evolution that began with her breakout project Pandemonium, delving even deeper into the vulnerable, and often unspeakable, parts of the human experience. Savannah's journey to music was anything but linear. She first learned guitar in reform school, a place of confinement where stolen moments of creativity became her only escape. In college, she studied painting in Barcelona, later dropping out of Pratt in Brooklyn and returning to LA feeling untethered.
A spontaneous decision to jump onstage at an open mic night changed everything. “I felt a strange urge in the pit of my stomach,” she says. “I borrowed someone’s guitar and just went for it. The response was electric. I was hooked.” Several years of performing in bands followed; Loud, chaotic, and formative. Her voice transformed to command space among the noise. But just as her own band began gaining traction, Savannah was hit by a car, rendering her unable to walk for months. Addiction crept in. Music, once again, became the lifeline. An insurance settlement gave her the funds to record her debut album, which launched her solo project, a self-directed, genre-blurring universe of sound and vision. Savannah’s work is deeply thematic, driven by personal experience and a surrealist lens.
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Men Without Hats one of Canada’s most enduring and beloved new wave bands—are back with their upcoming album ‘On the Moon,’ out November 14, 2025. Their latest single, “In Glorious Days,” out now, continues the group’s exciting new chapter, following the viral success of “I Love The 80s,” which has earned over two million views and streams in just three months.
Written by frontman Ivan Doroschuk and Grammy and Juno Award-winning producer Brian Howes, “In Glorious Days” represents the band’s first experience with true creative collaboration. The track captures the spirit of classic Men Without Hats while embracing a modern synthwave aesthetic that bridges the past and future of their sound. “Working with Brian was effortless—the song came together naturally,” Ivan says. “It’s a hybrid of the classic MWH sound with a fresh sonic sensibility. I can’t wait to play it live—it’s going to be a new crowd favourite.”
‘On the Moon’ was recorded in two sessions—first at Howes’ studio in Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, where the pair collaborated on “I Love The 80s” and “In Glorious Days,” and then in Victoria, BC, where Ivan and longtime producer, engineer, and guitarist Sho Murray captured the album’s more intimate moments. With additional vocals from Sahara Sloan and mastering by industry legends Mark Needham and Howie Weinberg, the record is both polished and deeply personal—a sonic journey through reflection, resilience, and renewal.
“In Glorious Days” is an anthem for anyone reclaiming their fire. With pulsing synths, driving percussion, and Ivan’s unmistakable voice, it evokes both nostalgia and transformation. Lyrically, it explores the tension between passion and self-preservation—capturing the exuberant, defiant spirit that made Men Without Hats global icons of individuality and joy.
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