Wild Party Explained
Wild Party is an American four-piece pop rock/indie pop band from San Antonio, Texas.
History
Pre-2011
Lincoln Kreifels and Lucas Hughes met at 12[1] in the seventh grade[2] playing middle school football. They didn't care for or play much football, but they shared an interest in music. Both began learning guitar in the seventh grade, but Hughes got better than Kreifels, so Kreifels started to focus on vocals. The two started making music and producing demos on their laptops in their bedrooms.
After deciding to pursue music more seriously in their senior year at Boerne High School,[3] they made a song. Kreifels tapped his older brother Jake to play bass. Jake, in turn, introduced Ethan Kaufmann as a drummer, to the band after Jake sent Kaufmann a demo. The four then worked on music for about a year. To play live, Kaufmann recruited drummer Cary LaScala, who he previously played in a band with, to join,[4] and LaScala eventually replaced Jake as bassist.
In 2010,[5] [6] the band opened for The Wombats in Europe for two weeks. At the time, Kreifels was 19, and had previously only played two live shows.[7] [8] The band was connected through a mutual friend in the music business.[9] They also opened for Andrew McMahon, Fitz and the Tantrums, and Catfish and the Bottlemen.[10] [11]
2013–2014: Phantom Pop
The band took a brief hiatus in 2011. They regrouped to release their first album, Phantom Pop, independently in 2013. The band originally released the album in early 2013, but they had pulled it shortly afterwards in order to re-record and remix it. The album released again on October 7, 2014,[12] under the label of Old Friends Records.[13] Some of the songs on the album were written in 2008.[14] When the music video of "When I Get Older" released in 2013, Lincoln had spammed the comment sections of popular YouTube videos linking to it.[15]
Kreifels left to go to college in Oklahoma, still writing music, but later dropped out to focus on music writing.
The band suddenly halted as they were picking up steam. Kreifels said the band stopped because "it just wasn't picking up traction." He waited tables to support his new family to keep his options open in the future, and once the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States hit, he entered a full-time job in warehouse fulfillment who has allowed him to tour.
The band experienced a resurgence in popularity on Spotify in 2022. Their first show in eight years happened at the start of 2023. Kreifels toured solo later that June, and the whole band began the 10th anniversary tour at the end of the year.
Style
Lincoln Kreifels says their songs are about "dreams versus reality." Hughes says their songs are "both introspective and extrospective." The name 'Wild Party' was meant to be sarcastic and ironic:
Discography
Singles & EPs
- "All Nighter"[16]
- "Don't Grow Up Rough"[17]
- "Take My Advice" / "Life's Too Short" (2010)
- "Phantom Vox 2.0" (2014)
- "Getaway" (2019)
- "Recipe" (2019)[18]
- "Coexist" (2021)
- "Hall & Oates" (2022)
- "Embrace It" (2022)
- "Get Up" (2023)
- "Hatchet" (2024)
See also
References
- Kaufmann . Ethan . Kim Taylor Bennett . Talking Nonsense with Wild Party . LaScala . Cary . Kreifels . Lincoln . Hughes . Lucas . August 15, 2021 . . October 28, 2014.
- Hughes . Lucas . Andy Von Pip . Killer Tunes-Wild Party Interview. . August 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210816041652/http://www.thevpme.com/2010/11/12/killer-tunes-wild-party-interview/ . August 16, 2021 . live . The Von Pip Musical Express . November 12, 2010 .
- News: Martin . Deborah . December 5, 2023 . Boerne indie pop band Wild Party is enjoying an encore thanks to Spotify . February 2, 2024 . San Antonio Express-News.
- Kaufmann. Ethan. Melissa Wilke. Who Wouldn't Wanna Go To a Wild Party?. Altwire. October 27, 2014.
- News: Goode. Jo-Carolyn. March 6, 2014. Wild Party Announces SXSW Shows Look Out For New Phantom Pop LP On Old Friends Records In 2014. Houston Style Magazine. August 16, 2021.
- News: Chan. Lorne. October 8, 2014. Liner notes: Wild Party's sorta-new album is back again. San Antonio Express-News. August 18, 2021.
- Web site: Reinecke . Emily . July 31, 2014 . WILD PARTY SET TO HEAT UP THE DRUNKEN UNICORN ON 8/5 . August 15, 2021 . Atlanta Music Guide.
- News: Chan. Lorne. March 12, 2014. SXSW: Wild Party keeps party going and going. My San Antonio. Weekender. dead. August 18, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20140313132547/http://blog.mysanantonio.com/weekender/2014/03/sxsw-wild-party-keeps-party-going-and-going/. March 13, 2014.
- News: Holtzclaw . Mike . August 6, 2014 . Check out San Antonio's Wild Party in Virginia Beach . August 16, 2021 . . 2767-5971.
- Web site: Bosse . Mandi . August 16, 2023 . Artist Highlight: Pop-Rock Band Wild Party Has Always Been Here to Stay . February 2, 2024 . Off Record Blog.
- Web site: Keeler . Sam . February 12, 2015 . Interview // Wild Party . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210815053645/http://www.halfnhalf.co/blog/2015/7/2/interviewwild-party . August 15, 2021 . August 15, 2021 . Half & Half.
- News: Mawdsley . Melinda . August 29, 2014 . Get Ready for Wild Party . . 7 . 1545-8962.
- Kaufmann. Ethan. Edwin Wilson. Q&A: Wild Party Talks New Album & Inspiration. August 15, 2021. Variance. October 9, 2014.
- News: Chan. Lorne. August 14, 2014. Band now appreciates its detour to success. San Antonio Express-News. August 15, 2021.
- News: Gay. Gerald M.. August 20, 2014. Wild Party on the wild ride to the top. Tucson.com. August 15, 2021.
- News: Swerzenski . J.D. . May 14, 2013 . Is Wild Party the next great SA band? . August 15, 2021 . San Antonio Current.
- News: Lopetegui. Enrique. January 7, 2014. Will Wild Party Stay in SA?. San Antonio Current. Music. August 16, 2021.
- Web site: 2019. Wild Party's New Recipe Is All About Keeping an Open Mind. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20190407221852/http://alternativeaddiction.com/AANewsArticle/wild-partys-new-recipe-is-all-about-keeping-an-open-mind. April 7, 2019. August 15, 2021. Alternative Addiction.