The Ninth Wave (band)
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- Haydn Park-Patterson
- Millie Kidd
- Kyalo Searle-Mbullu
- Calum Stewart
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| Origin | Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Years active | 2017–2022, 2024–present |
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The Ninth Wave is a Scottish band. Formed in Glasgow, the band consists of Haydn Park-Patterson, Millie Kidd, Kyalo Searle-Mbullu and Calum Stewart.[1] They have released two albums and one EP, all of which have been nominated for the Scottish Album of the Year Award.
Band members Haydn Park-Patterson and Millie Kidd have known each other since childhood. Park-Patterson, his brother Ronan Park and cousin Finlay Park played in a band entitled The Ninth Wave, a name Park-Patterson and Kidd later adopted for their own musical project.[2] Prior to taking up music professionally, Park-Patterson had been working in a coffee shop.[3] The duo later recruited Kyalo Searle-Mbullu and Calum Stewart, whom they had known from other bands, to join the band.[1] The band have performed at South by Southwest and headlined Glasgow's TRNSMT festival,[4] and have opened for fellow Scottish band Chvrches.[3]
In 2019, the band released their first album, Infancy, which was shortlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year Award.[5] The album also received a nomination for Best Independent Album at the AIM Independent Music Awards.[6] Also in 2019 while filming a video for a song from this album, the band issued a public warning due to the video including a dummy being thrown off a roof.[7]
In 2020, the band released an EP, Happy Days! accompanied by a single, Everything Will Be Fine.[8] The EP went on to be shortlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year award.[9]
In 2022, the band announced that they would be going on an indefinite hiatus after the release of their second album, Heavy Like a Headache.[10] The album was again nominated on the longlist for the Scottish Album of the Year award.[11] They played their final gig before the hiatus on 19 March, describing the gigs in a statement as possibly being their "last ever".[12]
In 2024, the band reunited, performing their first reunited live performance on 11 May, at Saint Luke's church in Glasgow.[13]
Musical style and influences
Critics have categorised the band as post-punk,[2] synth pop[14] and new wave.[15][16] Their music often includes elements of gothic rock.[16] Their music often makes use of aggressive drums, synthesizers and jangle guitars with heavy reverb.[2] Their earliest music contained significant influence from shoegaze.[2]
They have cited influences including the Cure, Editors,[2] Gilla Band, the Velvet Underground, Eartheater, Yves Tumor, Kelly Lee Owens, Massive Attack, Young Fathers, Sibylle Baier, Townes Van Zandt, Savages, Sophie and Warpaint.[17] Kidd has described her musical influences as including Grimes, FKA Twigs and Marika Hackman, while Park-Patterson's influences include Rush, AC/DC and Psychedelic Furs.[2]