SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: WAVVES - V - The Spill Magazine

Wavves
V
Ghost Ramp/Warner Bros.

Surf rock/pop punk band Wavves released their fifth studio album in early October. It features 11 rendered tracks that should be added to the beach playlist you whip out every summer. V includes songs filled with stylized guitar feedback, catchy beats, happy and poppy surf punk riffs, and cute vocals to match; all characteristics of Wavves’ past work. The album artwork embodies the abstract punk ambience and mood emitted from any Wavves tune from any of their albums or EPs.

This seems to be their most successful album, judging by fan feedback, and features some really great music. The beachy basement-infused punk vibes begins with the first track and ends with the last. Check out “Way Too Much” and “Cry Baby.”

– Emily Fin (Twitter @RomaniRanch)

Item Reviewed

SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: WAVVES – V

Author

Emily Fin

Here's what we think...

Spill Rating

Fan Rating

Rate Here

New Criteria

8.1

8.0

Total Spill Rating

8.1

Total Fan Rating

You have rated this

album reviews V wavves

album reviews, V, wavves

About the Author

Emily Fin

Emily Fin is an illustration student at OCAD University in Toronto. She really digs the many sub-genres of punk music and dogs. You can scope out her artwork at romaniranch.tumblr.com.

album reviews V wavves

8.0

SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: HUSH – FOR DOLLY

by Ljubinko Zivkovic on May 22, 2026

HUSH FOR DOLLY SIMONE RECORDS How do you craft a debut album to make exactly the right impact? Do you rush into it while the inspiration is red-hot, or do you take it slow to make sure everything sounds exactly as you envisioned? For Montreal [...]

8.0

SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: FUTURE ISLANDS – FROM A HOLE IN THE FLOOR TO A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

by John Porter on May 22, 2026

FUTURE ISLANDS FROM A HOLE IN THE FLOOR TO A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH 4AD Has it really been two decades since Future Islands found their way onto the airwaves for the first time? It certainly has, and From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth is [...]

9.0

8.3

SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: PETER FRAMPTON – CARRY THE LIGHT

by Aaron Badgley on May 15, 2026

PETER FRAMPTON CARRY THE LIGHT UME It is a good idea to forget what you think you know about Peter Frampton before you listen to his new album, Carry The Light. This is an extremely important album for Peter Frampton. Not only is it his first [...]

8.0

SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: SHAKEY GRAVES – FONDNESS, ETC.

by Ljubinko Zivkovic on May 15, 2026

SHAKEY GRAVES FONDNESS, ETC. DUALTONE RECORDS When you decide to go lo-fi, make a DIY record, and make it work, there has to be a set of very solid musical reasons (unless it is a question of being forced to go cheap) behind it, and those [...]

8.0

SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: SHHE – THALASSA

by Ljubinko Zivkovic on May 15, 2026

SHHE THALASSA ONE LITTLE INDEPENDENT RECORDS Your personal background comes into play at some point when you create music, and for the Scottish-Portuguese sound artist and producer Shhe (Su Shaw), for her new album Thalassa she references her [...]