Wax Head have released new single ‘Terminal Sinker’ via cult label/live promoter Sour Grapes. Garnering a growing reputation for their sweaty and visceral live shows, one fan even got up onto the stage and rammed their head through the kick drum mid-show.
Now doubt more shenanighans will be on the cards as they start their second UK/EU wide headline tour in 6 months (full details below). Following multiple packed-out headlines in their native Manchester (a White Hotel sell-out was immortalised on an exclusive vinyl-only live LP), festival slots at Manchester Psych Fest and Left of The Dial, a pair of tours with Flat Worms, as well as support slots for Melts and Meatbodies and Frankie and The Witchfingers.
Recorded with long-term collaborator Borja Regueira at Manchester’s GLUE Studio, and mastered by Melbourne’s Joe Carra (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Amyl and The Sniffers), ‘Terminal Sinker’ surges through its two-minute crusade like an adrenaline shot to the heart. Lyrically, the track finds root in the adolescent experiences of drummer/lead-vocalist Lewis Fletcher growing up in rural Somerset, and serves up a less than flattering condemnation of the stagnant ‘‘small town” mindset, as the band explain:
“Terminal Sinker is our interpretation of UK punk. A representation of our relentless, gritty and chaotic side as a band. The lyrical content touches on Lewis’ experience growing up in rural Somerset, witnessing people repeat the same narrow minded behaviour whilst complaining about their life and making no effort to change it. It is a reflection on some people’s comfortability, lack of aspiration and risk taking; all in the pursuit of happiness and self fulfilment.”
The band’s first release of 2025 follows a handful of singles and debut EP Salt Fat Acid Head, coming in the wake of press acclaim from the likes of So Young, Rough Trade, Why Now, Clunk, When The Horn Blows, God Is In The TV, and Dansende Beren, and early BBC Radio 6Music backing from New Music Fix, Huw Stephens and Emily Pilbeam (BBC Introducing Mixtape)
Wax Head Live Dates
April
9 Falmouth, Cornish Bank
10 Southampton, Heartbreakers
11 London, Shacklewell Arms
12 APR // Bristol, Outer Town Fest
24 Kortrijk, Pits (BE)
25 Dortmund, Subrosa (DE)
26 APR // Heidelberg, Carousel (DE)
27 Basel, Intrasformation (CH)
28 Würzburg, Immerhin (DE)
29 Bayreuth, Schokofabrik (DE)
30 Dresden, TBA (DE)
May
1 Berlin, Schokoladen (DE)
2 Hamburg, Komet (DE)
3 Cologne, Private (DE)
4 Antwerp, Blikabriek (BE)
5 Deventer, In Vredes Naam Festival (NL)
7 Rotterdam, Roodkapje (NL)
9 Paris, Supersonic (FR)
10 Nantes, Mosta Festival (FR)
For more information on Wax Head please check their instagram and bandcamp.
