Aussie genre-bending up ‘n comers Windwaker post a major “W” on the leaderboard with their new single Victory Lap, out via Civilians & Fearless Records. The release also follows last week’s announcement that they’ll play Good Things Festival this December.
Their first track back since their sophomore record, HYPERVIOLENCE, dropped last July, Victory Lap boasts a confident swagger with a healthy dose of attitude. The new single offers up grooves for days, and listeners are treated to a storm of glitchy guitars, bloodthirsty screams and boisterous beats – but it’s not all fists and fury. Those hooky choruses and the hip-hop-inspired vocal cadence will have you nodding your head involuntarily. It’s a thrilling collision of sounds and styles and of genres and generations. “Victory Lap is a rejection of the naysayers, the gatekeepers and anyone who’s ever tried to box us in,” tells the band. “It’s a reclamation of power and a celebration of self-worth”.
Windwaker will take Victory Lap to North America this September and October, joining The Plot In You and Northlane for 20 shows, before returning home for Good Things Festival in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this December. Tickets on sale now via Oztix.
