Unpopular Recordings launches with the debut of Unpopular Presents Fuck Wave Vol. 1, featuring the new Sex Mask single ‘Girth’
Unpopular Recordings release Unpopular Presents Fuck Wave Vol. 1 today, a new compilation featuring exclusive tracks from Sex Mask, M2, Cellular, Knife Tutorial, Humane The Moon, Rhed, and Wry Gray. The compilation serves as an unofficial launch for the label, founded by Stephen “Pav” Pavlovic and Adrian McGruther, and is now available via Unpopular.
Led by the new single ‘Girth,’ the compilation showcases a wide stylistic range across alternative, industrial, noise rock, indie, and electronic genres. ‘Girth’ stands out as a driving, lo-fi blend of 1980s industrial, no-wave, and post-punk, a live favorite from the band’s recent European and UK tour. The track leans into harsh textures and hypnotic rhythms while retaining Sex Mask’s knack for deceptively catchy hooks. The compilation’s varied production highlights the label’s eclectic approach, bridging abrasive electronics, genre-fluid noise, dance-leaning indie pop, and trip-hop-inflected psych pop.
Founder of Unpopular Recordings, Stephen “Pav” Pavlovic states:
“There’s a rising tide of kids worldwide that don’t give two fucks about rules, genres, scenes or sounds, that in a way harks back to a time when post-punk, dub and disco were intertwined in the 80s, or when indie rock and dance music became bedfellows in the early 2000s. Unpopular is an outlet for these kinds of transgressive sounds and Fuckwave Vol. 1 is our first collected representation of that. It’s an assortment of sounds that doesn’t really belong anywhere but to us makes perfect sense together.”
Unpopular Presents Fuck Wave Vol. 1 is available now on all streaming platforms.
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