Wishy
Triple Seven


4.0
excellent

Review

by jesper STAFF
September 1st, 2024 | 26 replies


Release Date: 08/16/2024 | Tracklist

Review Summary: like a dreamier third eye blind with some code orange and hints of duster

Hey, music critics… I feel like we need to take a breather from time to time. It's okay to like music because it sounds good: it's okay not to force meaning onto every note or syllable. I'm not saying that Wishy's music isn't meaningful or that they don't wear their influences on their longsleeves, but I don't think that Pitchfork name dropping just about every dreamy-ish band (including Turnstile?) is all that productive. Neither is NME referencing Wild Pink, Archers of Loaf and Tigers Jaw in the space of two sentences right after identifying a “Gen-X coded cool”. Spotify deems the band “zoomergaze”. Fun?

I don't know, I don't mean to say that drawing comparisons is a bad thing, especially when covering a genre as embedded in its periods as drem, but I do believe that we can just sit back and appreciate Triple Seven for what it is rather than what it reminds us of. It's a lovely amalgamation of gaze-isms, ranging from the punchy and heavy to the ponderous and ethereal - with the band constantly and convincingly switching between these two modes. “Love On The Outside” is a summer banger for the ages (gen x and gen z and gen alpha and and and); “Just Like Sunday” somehow dabbles in maximalism while retaining its intimate atmosphere; “Spit” embodies the album's dynamic ripper-capital-r. Nothing is particularly original as all the delightfully crunchy textures have been explored before, but Wishy plays and hooks with such conviction that it's hard not to be immersed in the experience.

Moreover, the way in which Triple Seven navigates and marries its sounds feels rather refreshing. The record is cohesive while exploring a new sonic corner with every song: somehow, it makes perfect sense to feel summery-happy one moment and wintery-gloomy the next. There's no real dips on Triple Seven as even the slightly less engaging moments (“Busted”) enhance the excellence of surrounding highlights and sound perfectly fine in their own right. Wishy are a good band, they make good music, and they should keep doing that. Super cool professional music critic out.




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Comments:Add a Comment 
JesperL
Staff Reviewer
September 1st 2024


5593 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

jespercore the album maybe

theBoneyKing
September 1st 2024


24626 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Album rules, not much to dig into per se, just good tunes

someone
Contributing Reviewer
September 1st 2024


6857 Comments


"jespercore the album maybe"
Cue that ~25 jesper-reviewed albums.

someone
Contributing Reviewer
September 1st 2024


6857 Comments


Okay, having read the rev now, I am hoping for more Code Orange than the other two, and I am curious what jespercore band sounds "refreshing" and "punchy heavy and/or ponderous ethereal"

theBoneyKing
September 1st 2024


24626 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I’d say this sounds primarily like the more melodic side of 90s gaze/alt rock, every track pulls from a slightly different influence within that realm, not original by any means but the tunes are generally strong enough for that not to matter. My faves are the title track’s dreamy baggy sound, “Love on the Outside”’s massive pop rock, and “Little While”’s gorgeous full-on shoegaze.

JesperL
Staff Reviewer
September 2nd 2024


5593 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

"I am hoping for more Code Orange than the other two" sorry to disappoint, i mostly threw that one in bc pitchfork likened this to turnstile fsr lol



i'm so with you boney, the one-two punch of love/little while is the best this record gets (tho the final three songs aren't far off)

someone
Contributing Reviewer
September 2nd 2024


6857 Comments


darn it. what a switcharoo

go listen to Gift, Jasboi

Relinquished
September 2nd 2024


48908 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

band rules, I liked the EP before this too

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
September 3rd 2024


26578 Comments

Album Rating: 3.8

this is the best silversun pickups album I've heard in forever

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
September 3rd 2024


26578 Comments

Album Rating: 3.8

"My faves are the title track’s dreamy baggy sound, “Love on the Outside”’s massive pop rock, and “Little While”’s gorgeous full-on shoegaze."



another spot-on Boney take

Comatorium.
September 3rd 2024


5170 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

The turnover album we deserved after PV

TheTripP
September 3rd 2024


4629 Comments


"The turnover album we deserved after PV"

Oh I am jumping on this

Comatorium.
September 3rd 2024


5170 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

It might not be super accurate after a full listen, but this stuff is gooooood. I honestly get more “gin blossoms go gaze” vibes than anything mentioned in the review

Scoot
September 3rd 2024


22456 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

oh this sounds right up my alley

Relinquished
September 3rd 2024


48908 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Opener gives me Title Fight vibes too

Scoot
September 4th 2024


22456 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

damn love on the outside gives big-time 3eb s/t vibes



sweet album

Scoot
September 4th 2024


22456 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

chorus to spit is like prime say anything

Ebola
September 4th 2024


4558 Comments


This is really good

Comatorium.
September 4th 2024


5170 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

God this is so fucking good. Might have to bump that rating up another .5 with time

Sowing
Moderator
September 6th 2024


44319 Comments


Did somebody say SSPU? If so I need to hear this.



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