oldwave – Harrison Evans (he/him; vocals), Kiran Memisoglou (he/him; guitar) Anthony Griffin (he/him; guitar/vocals), Sean McGowan (they/them; trumpet/synth/vocals), Lara Patzel (she/they; bass) and Jordan Maywald (he/him; drums) – formed in 2020 and have continued to evolve rapidly, welcoming new collaborators, exploring experimental instrumentation, and building a national audience, while remaining steadfastly loyal to their home community. They have released two EPs No Conflict (2023), Same Window, Different House (2023) and have performed with Citizen, Pond, RVG and more.

The Ants’ is a frantic yet tightly controlled blend of jagged guitars, booming horns and uncompromising vocal delivery, where Coldwave capture the abstract in life’s most mundane moments. It’s tightly coiled and unwinds itself like an emo-tinged prequel to their 2021 single ‘Plagiarise’, with expansively layered bars peppered throughout. “We returned to a really comfortable place writing this song,” says vocalist Harrison Evans. “It’s built around reminiscing on childhood, and is a bit of a soul-searching expedition around the realisation that you’re one of many”.