Teenage Wrist

Today’s a big release day over at the Wave. We’ve got 11 records out today, from hazy indie rock, dream pop, shoegaze and grungegaze to emo, pop-punk, skate punk, hardcore and everything in between. Give the tracks below a spin and click into each release for more info and places to stream the full record.

• Teenage Wrist — A Different Shine. A surprise three-song EP from one of our favorite grungegaze bands, with big guitars and monster hooks and Failure’s Ken Andrews behind the boards.
• sundots — On The Quay. Hazy indie rock with a full band behind it for the first time.
• Cosmic Joke — Suburban Decay. SoCal skate punk with a hardcore edge.
• Tearjerker — Ghosts. Raspy, melodic punk for fans of Leatherface and Hot Water Music.
• Comeback Kid — Chosen Hell. Fast, melodic hardcore recorded with Will Putney.
• FFO: Chillin — High Horse. Loose slacker-rock guitars, punk energy and big hooks.
• Deux Visages — Call It Goodbye. Dream pop and shoegaze that get plenty loud when the guitars kick in.
• Bad Brains — ARE YOU READY: THE FIRST STUDIO RECORDING (Inner Ear - March 1979). The first official release of the band’s March 1979 Inner Ear session, including the original studio recording of “Pay to Cum.”
• Spanish Love Songs — Future Nausea. The band’s melodic punk opens up into heartland rock with ringing guitars and synths.
• Oso Oso — an exchange of information. Hooky indie rock that leans back into Jade Lilitri’s emo and punk roots.
• New Junk City — Where Could I Go?. Atlanta indie punk with the heart and hooks of a good pop-punk record.

Teenage Wrist, one of our favorite bands here at Release Wave and one of the forebears of modern day grungegaze, just surprise-dropped A Different Shine via Epitaph. It’s their first new music since 2023’s Still Love, and Failure’s Ken Andrews produced and mixed all three songs.

You can hear Failure’s influence in the off-kilter harmonies and fuzzed-out space rock of “Twist My Tongue.” From the heavy groove of “Wishing Well” to the dreamy melodies and crashing drums of “Don’t Mind,” it’s still got those big Teenage Wrist guitars, monster hooks and melodies that stick.

Ken Andrews’ (Failure) production really shines, and you can hear Marshall pushing his songwriting and Anthony finding different ways to drive each song. All three hit differently, but that chorus on “Don’t Mind” is the one I’ll have stuck in my head for days.

Stream all three songs below.