News: THE WONDER RELEASE NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “I DON’T WANT TO COME DOWN” FROM FORTHCOMING POP EP OUT FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2025

“I actually wrote the lyrics to this song twice. I finished a demo version and sent it to my friend Nick Huggins (Dirty Three, Jen Cloher) to mix it for me. While I was waiting for him to mix it, I had a sudden realisation that they were the wrong lyrics. I’m not a religious person, but for some reason I suddenly imagined the song being sung by Jesus Christ. He was lamenting the mess we had made of Earth. I don’t know where this idea came from, but it drove me to rewrite the song from his perspective. He doesn’t want to come back down here, because of the terrible mess we’ve made, but the response line “Get your head out of the clouds”, means that perhaps things aren’t as bad as he thinks. Maybe things are as they are meant to be.

“For me this song is made by Alex’s bass line in the instrumental part in the middle of the song.” continues Davis. “Once I heard that I knew we had something. And the highlight probably is Milan singing the line above, “Get your head out of the clouds” with a perfect mix of anger and disdain.”

The enthralling track, which follows Pop’s initial offering “Bones of Clarity”, is accompanied by a performance video captured by French film director Salma Cheddadi. The clip, shot in black and white, depicts the intensity of The Wonder’s live presence alongside the calm reverence of the Eglise Saint-Ambroise. This juxtaposition perfectly highlights the single’s dynamic shifts and driving, searching quality.

The Wonder have performed shows across Paris, London, Prague and Melbourne, opened for Spiral Stairs and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and were invited to showcase at SXSW 2020 before Covid hit, and Davis didn’t touch a guitar for a year.

In October 2022, an email is received. The Wonder were invited to open for Pavement at Le Grand Rex in Paris. A band that Davis sites as his favourite, and at a venue where he spent his last euro to see Tom Waits back in 2008. Davis dusts off his guitar and writes some songs specifically for the show.

The songs were about second chances and continuing when things get hard. Songs of redemption. The band come together and bring the music to life. It’s effortless fun, like no time has passed.

So The Wonder opened for Pavement as planned, before taking the new music to the studio. Vocals are recorded with Nick Huggins (Dirty Three, Jen Cloher) at Resting Bell in Australia. Dan Long (Local Natives, Film School) mixes it in Los Angeles and Dave Gardiner (John Spencer, Bad Brains) is the mastering engineer.

Pop is alive and melodious. It’s music about hope, love and overcoming adversity. The Wonder are excited to share the EP with the world and know that it wouldn’t have been made if it hadn’t been for Pavement’s Spiral Stairs asking them to open their Paris show, and for that, they are eternally grateful. Pop will arrive on Friday 28 February 2025.
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