ctrl LIVE: The Wants (US)

Name: ctrl LIVE: The Wants (US)
Start: 2025-10-11T20:00:00+03:00
Location: Str. Constantin Mille, nr. 4, 010142 Bucharest, Romania

Schedule

Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC+03:00

Location

Str. Constantin Mille, nr. 4, 010142 Bucharest, Romania | Bucharest, BU

ctrl LIVE: The Wants (US)
[Room 1] [LIVE] [Post-Punk] [No Wave]
The Wants (US) bring their genre-defying sound to Control on Saturday, October 11, as they tour their second album, Bastard.
Formed by Madison Velding-VanDam and Jason Gates and joined by Yasmeen Night in 2021, they began playing shows in the New York City underground music scene in 2017. Meanwhile they have shared the stage with notable acts like Dry Cleaning, Nation of Language, Bambara, Bodega, Lithics, Working Men's Club, Model/Actriz, Public Practice, Xeno & Oaklander, and others.
Describing their ethos as “No Wave / No Pop Techno Punk,” they synced in their passion for artful no wave, post-punk, and experimental electronic music, and a broader interest in art and performance that bridges mediums and genres. Their music thrives on friction - a clash of pulsing synths and overwhelming live instrumentation, abstract ideas and grounded songwriting, individual expression and collective catharsis.
The Wants have cultivated a sound that feels both confrontational and calculated. Bastard builds on the foundations laid in their debut, Container (2020), diving deeper into themes of personal ambition, systemic routine, and disconnection in an era of constant connection. It is, in part, a product of the tension baked into the band - three individuals with strong and often ruthless opinions, who are pushing and pulling the project in directions that don’t always immediately align.
But the band is more observational than prescriptive, with an acerbic tone that suggests they aren’t quite serious but aren’t joking, either.
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“If Lynch had been asked to soundtrack a PlayStation car-racing game” —Gary Ryan (NME)
“One could be forgiven for mistaking them as a postmodern intellectual construct that just happens to make music.” -John Bergstrom (Pop Matters)
“There is definitely some Gang of Four in what The Wants do, but it’s more of a modern approach: sleek and synthetic, dark and danceable, poppy but paranoid.” -Bill Pearis (Brooklyn Vegan)
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The Wants - Container