Wallows

Los Angeles-based trio Wallows have released their latest single “Especially You" on Atlantic. The band also announced their sophomore album, Tell Me That It’s Over, due March 25th. “Especially You” is “about when you’re in the early stages of a relationship and you get so worried that the other person’s mind will change at the flip of a switch,” Minnette explains. “It’s about stressing over the smallest things for no reason, but it’s definitely self-aware about the fact that I’m doing this all to myself.”

The band’s upcoming album Tell Me That It’s Over features production by multi-Grammy Award-winner Ariel Rechtshaid. The record also explores the complexities of relationships. Minnette exclusively told Alternative Press about Wallows’ new project. “Tell Me That It’s Over is an album about relationships,” said Minnette. “Particularly about the intricacies of relationships in your adulthood as they start to feel more serious and can make you overthink them and bring out your deepest insecurities, but also how amazing they can be as well."

Wallows are composed of Dylan Minnette, Braeden Lemasters, and Cole Preston. As teenagers in 2011, Lemasters (guitar/vocals), Preston (guitar/drums), and Minnette (guitar/vocals) formed a group called Join The Band with Zack Mendenhall (bass). They were students enrolled in the GigMasterz program at Keyboard Galleria Music Center in Southern California. They changed their name to Feaver and played the 2011 Warped Tour. They also used the name The Narwhals before settling on Wallows in 2017, now without Mendenhall. 

The band began releasing songs independently in April 2017 starting with "Pleaser", which hit big on the Spotify Global Viral 50 chart. In 2018, Wallows signed a deal with Atlantic Records and released their major label debut EP, Spring. The band released their debut studio album, Nothing Happens, in 2019, which featured the single "Are You Bored Yet?" In 2020, Wallows released an EP titled, Remote. 

Wallows’ tour dates see them on an impressive run of performances, beginning in the Pacific Northwest in April and concluding in February of next year. 

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