WAAX formed in Brisbane around 2012 after vocalist Maz DeVita met guitarist Eamon Sandwith at a festival. They brought in bassist Tom Bloomfield and drummer Dave Linklater to round out the lineup. Their first EP, 'Wild & Weak,' came out in 2015 and got some attention for its direct, energetic sound.
Their debut album 'Big Grief' followed in 2017. DeVita has been open about writing from personal struggles, which gives songs like 'Labrador' and 'No Apology' their blunt, unfiltered quality. The band's music doesn't smooth things over much, it's more about stating things plainly and letting the guitars carry the weight.
They've kept at it without much fuss about their place in the scene. You hear it in tracks like 'Same Same' and 'This Everything', there's a consistency to their approach that feels less like a calculated evolution and more like they're just working through the material they have.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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