Wishy

Um, and I, I think I've talked about this before on the show, that there's this mini wave of bands right now that have, uh, been drawing on sort of the co- the combinations of, like, rock and dance music that were coming out of England in the '80s and '90s.

Uh, there's a great record from Wishy, uh, called Nature's Pill that I'm a big fan of, that has a lot of, kind of, Madchester, uh, vibes to it.

Uh, there's another band called Young Gov that was similarly kinda drawing from that, like, late '80s, early '90s Madchester, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses type thing.

Which I've always been a fan of.

Uh, but yeah, it, it, it's, it's a really good record.

I don't know if you've listened to this at all, Ian.

Yeah, I like the singles I've heard and I definitely put it alongside Wishy, which is an album I've really gotten into over the past couple of weeks.

Now I li- like to settle for me.

Hopefully it's not another 60, uh, episodes before there's a- another King Gizz record that I want to recommend.

So for my album pick this week, I am going to talk about the new record from Wishy.

Uh, I think I heard about these guys from, uh, Steven Hyden, who's one of the music writers that I read the most closely, but I can't be totally sure.

But they released an album a, a year or two ago that I enjoyed, and it was sort of '90s coded, which if you know me, that is sort of my jam.

Um, and yeah, uh, this is one of my favorite records that's come out this autumn so far, maybe even the year.

I haven't even started thinking about, like, a year-end list or whatever.

I'll probably do one for my Substack, briantzinab.substack.com. Um, but yeah, this record by Wishy is called Nature's Pill, and if you are of a certain age or enjoy music of a certain age, I think you'll enjoy it.

And thank you so much for listening.

So here's a few newer releases that I've been enjoying lately.

So starting off with Wishy's Nature's Pill.

Their previous album, Triple Seven, was a great intro to the band for anyone who hasn't seen them and they kind of had this rise and a lot of people got their eyes on them and nature's pill really lets them kind of continue on that trajectory and they kind of go ham a little bit really pumping into those bright hooky riffs and they're honestly they're just having fun I really enjoy the album.

It's a good progression for them.

Dancing Hood's were from New York City.

And And before that, from Indianapolis, the Shoegaze Band, Wishy.

New music from them with a track called Sensational.

Right now, I've got a brand new one from Caroline Rose from the new album Gentling the Horse.

I am your host, Simon Finck, and as always, thank you very much for joining us.

Our guests this week on the podcast are Wishy.

The Indianapolis indie rock five-piece formed when Kevin Crowder and Nina Pichkaidis, two solo artists who had been quietly building their own paths through the indie rock scene, decided to join forces and build something together, rounding out the lineup with three fellow musicians to complete the band.

Their music has been described as destined for the bait shop if the OC was still in the air, and it is not hard to hear why, with Wishy's music sounding like a beautiful pastiche of indie rock, power pop, grunge and shoegaze that has earned them praise from the likes of Pitchfork, NME and Stereogum, and landed them on the best of lists at the end of 2024 from publications like the New York Times and GQ.

In 2025, the momentum continued with a follow-up EP, a performance on Stephen Colbert, and a run of tour dates with Mama that brought them through LA, which is where I was lucky enough to catch them live when we were out there for the podcast.

Last week, Wishy returned with Nature's Pill, their sophomore record, and another gorgeous collection of guitar-driven songs that sound like a band fully hitting their stride.

Today, we're sitting down with Kevin and Nina to talk about the process of making Nature's Pill and how some of these songs first came to life.

We discuss how operating with two primary songwriters works and the vulnerability that comes with sharing new songs with your bandmates.

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If you're someone who likes their indie rock and alternative music with a healthy dose of shoegaze, well I reckon you'd do pretty well to check out Wishy.

Why is that you ask? Well it's probably because that's exactly what the Indiana Outfit have been dishing out for the past five years.

Coming together thanks to high school friends Kevin and Nina, the former of which used to be in the now defunct Hoops and the latter used to record under the name Pushpop, which you wasted no time in making themselves heard.

If you've not yet heard that record, or the first one for that matter, I implore you to give it a try.

It's a wonderful piece of work with sensational songwriting, amazing performances, and a truly stellar ability to craft some immersive compositions.

This week, well we actually recorded this back in late July, I was lucky enough to have a chat with Kevin and Nina about the formation of Wishy, how their second album came to be, and whether we'll be welcoming them to Australian shores soon, or whether that's just wishyful thinking.

Anyway, once you forgive me for that terrible pun, have a listen to Wishy's Nature's Pill, have a listen to our chat, and I'll see you at the end of the episode for some general housekeeping.

Big, big music week, as it always is.

New albums yesterday included releases from Phoebe Green, Greg Freeman, Caitlin Aurelia, Wishy, Steph Chura...

What else? It was Fat Dog as well.

Big, big, big week for albums.

And College Eastern, so he's got a good day up at the Mash House in Edinburgh.

Going to do a double album this week.

Wishy.

is going to be the second album that you're going to hear two tracks from, Nature's Pill, coming up later in the show.

So he still has that element, but, uh, I would say he's pretty much stripped that out of his sound on this record and presented much more of like a, again, old school indie rock type record that I like quite a bit.

But what I'm going to actually put in my official recommendation corner this week is a band from Indianapolis called Wishy.

And this is a band that I started becoming a fan of in 2024 when they put out their debut album, Triple Seven.

And at the time, they were really looked at as part of this wave of shoegaze-sounding bands that were really taking hold at that time.

And it's an album that, you know, you can definitely talk about in those moments.

sort of backward ways referring to albums from the past.

But to me, what makes Wishy really stand out among young indie rock bands is their attention to craft.

This band is just really good at writing songs.

Okay, now it's time for music.

One of my favorite parts of our favorites podcast and an album that I am loving listening to, which has been in my on repeat for like months is the band Wishy and their debut studio album, Triple Seven.

I've not heard of Wishy.

Who are they? I think you'd

like them.