Wavves' album King of the Beach has reached its 15th anniversary and still resonates with its themes of paranoia and nihilism. The band's evolution includes slowing tempos and psych rock influences, yet recurring themes in their music suggest a weariness with the 'stoner' persona. New album Spun displays a lack of thoughtful creativity compared to earlier works, with repetitive ideas that may indicate Nathan Williams' fatigue with his established sound. The album’s production by Travis Barker has drawn mixed reactions from critics.
At its best, Wavves' music vibrates with a kind of productive madness. There's a restless creativity on early songs like 'Gun in the Sun' and 'Beach Goth,' the way their sparkling melodies can't help shining through the haze of his amateur recording setup.
On Spun, by contrast, it sounds like he's scarcely given these 13 songs a second thought, returning to the same ideas over and over again and hoping we're too baked to notice.
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