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Wild Pink
Wild Pink
country: USA
genre: Rock
styles: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Rock, Alternative, Punk
Next Release
via Fire Talk
Strawberry Eraser
EP
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Reviews and Comments
"A real beauty" - Uncut
"Indie rock at it's most instantly gratifying" - Pitchfork
"Open-air, stargazing indie rock" - The New York Times
Two weeks ago Wild Pink announced their signing to Fire Talk Records (Bnny, PACKS, Mandy, Indiana), and shared their first single for the label, a track entitled “Air Drumming Fix You.” Their first new music since their acclaimed 2022 LP ILYSM, a critical high point for the John Ross-led project.
Today, the band are back with a surprise EP entitled Strawberry Eraser, that features their recent single.
Wild Pink, the New York-bred project of John Ross builds worlds inhabited by ghosts and angels and aliens, inciting a strange and lovely daze as the backdrop shifts from the mundane (subdivisions, highways, hotel parking lots) to the extraordinary (deserts, battlefields, the moon). But within its vast imagination lies a potent truth-telling on the part of singer/guitarist John Ross who’s lyrics lay out potent stories that paint with broad brush strokes.
2021’s A Billion Little Lights—a critically acclaimed effort praised by the likes of Pitchfork, NPR, Vulture, and Stereogum, who named it “one of the prettiest rock records of the past decade”—and who has collaborated with J Mascis, Julien Baker, Ryley Walker, Yasmin Williams, Samantha Crain and more on the latest album ILYSM. Not to mention appearances on CBS This Morning, KEXP and Stereogum sessions and many more accolades to name during Wild Pink’s impressive rise over the years.
Now signing with Fire Talk, Wild Pink yet again peels open a new chapter of their ever evolving career, digging into a more realized and full indie rock sound with the force and precision of a seasoned veteran ready to take the leap and step into the spotlight getting their long deserved and well earned due.
Though Wild Pink are known for their collaborations — among which include Julien Baker, Ryley Walker, Jasmin WIlliams, Ratboys’ Julia Steiner, and J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr.— “Strawberry Eraser”, a new EP and first for Fire Talk showcases Ross unadorned and singular, reinforcing him as "a truly gifted songwriter, one able to contain vast vistas within single songs” (Under the Radar). With spaced-out synths and saxophone, it conjures open and unexplored terrains, a natural extension of Wild Pink’s “vast and swooning” (The FADER) sound.
latest releases
Single
Eating the Egg Whole
out on September 09, 2024
via Fire Talk
Single
Sprinter Brain
out on August 14, 2024
via Fire Talk
Single
The Fences of Stonehenge
out on July 16, 2024
via Fire Talk
Single
Air Drumming Fix You
out on March 07, 2024
via Fire Talk
LP
ILYSM
out on October 14, 2022
via Royal Mountain Records
Single
The Grass Widow In The Glass Window
out on October 11, 2022
via Royal Mountain Records
