A Love Ballad: Wavves Would Like To Make Raucous Love To The NY Observer
Wavves (described by the New York Observer as a “pop punk stoner band”) dedicated a special song to the Observer at last night’s Fader magazine party. Cute!
Although we’re not familiar with the work of Wavves — helmed by Nathan Williams — Williams did refer to the song as “Fuck the New York Observer,” so we’ll infer that it’s a sexy tune about making love.
The dedication was most likely in response to a recent article the Observer ran which painted Williams in a less-than-flattering blacklight:
Whether the anti-intellectual rhetoric that Wavves employed onstage on Thursday was an affectation calculated to project an image of recession-era no-collar punk rock is unclear.
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