The Wants

The Wants is the New York City band founded in 2017 by songwriter, guitarist, and producer Madison Velding-VanDam alongside drummer Jason Gates. The group operates as an adversarial network of ideas - grounded songwriting playfully colliding with unstable rhythms, mutated electronics, and live instrumentation. After signing with London-based Council Records, The Wants released their debut album, Container (2020), named after their shipping-container-turned-rehearsal space in a Brooklyn parking lot. The album's anxious songwriting, hypnotic interlocking rhythms, and aggressive live show drew...