If it has been a while since you last hyperfixated on a hook-rife, jangly new wave alt-indie anthem, reset the clock with the infectious swagger of Wonder What You Say by Misstify. The sweeping angular guitar notes hike up the hyper as much as the percussion that will instantly make you crave the feel of rhythm moving you across a sticky floor, as for the vocals, they are a livewire waiting to detonate each atom of monotony in the ever-growing, sprawling monolith which is indie landfill.
There is enough charisma in the vocals to make the sycophants catatonic; they’re mostly occupied with the refrain of uncertainty until the tenderly melodic middle eight leaves the vulnerability in the song wide open. What follows is a pure rock riff that refuses to lose its grip until you have acknowledged Misstify as proper indie rock pedigree.
The alternative rock band has become a feeding frenzy of authenticity, raw energy and unfiltered emotion through guitar tension and human melody, turning their latest work into something built for rooms where sweat, feedback and feeling all gather in the same charged air. Their sound carries the live-wire sincerity of a band that understands stage presence as a shared moment rather than a postured pose, and this single channels that directness through a hook that keeps circling back with bite.
Wonder What You Say is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.
Review by Amelia Vandergast