Say Anything and Wavves have returned today with another collaborative single, “Still Alive,” from their upcoming joint album, Cherry Soda, due September 18 via I Surrender Records. “Still Alive” follows “Deathx1k,” serving as the second taster of the record, and it’s really shaping up to look like a banger. The two truly complement each other—pulling out the best parts of each other’s creative strengths while reigning in each other’s chaos. This collaboration strays from both a classic Say Anything effort and a typical Wavves endeavor. It is entirely new, yet reminiscent of 2010’s emo at its height. The sound they have found together is super dope, honestly.
Speaking on the new single, Nathan Williams shared that “‘Still Alive’ was a random voice note I found in my phone. I recorded the initial melody and lyric in the bathroom at a dive bar called the Club Marina and then completely forgot about it for a few weeks. One day, a month or two later, I noticed the voice note and was like, ‘OH YEAH!’ After that, the full song came together in forty minutes. It was just one of those songs that had already written itself. God bless the Club Marina.”
Max Bemis added, “We kind of wrote to each other’s situations. We’re both very different people, but we get along really well. As writers, we pushed ourselves. He became more emo and I became more Wavves-y. I think we brought out some of the stuff that isn’t most obvious in each other. I may be singing stuff that sounds kind of bleak, but that’s kind of like Nate’s whole shtick, although he’s actually a very sweet, sensitive guy.”
Listen to the new track below, and pre-order Cherry Soda here.
