The new Wavves record officially drops in stores, aka ‘physical’ copies today. King of the Beach (Fat Possum) is the third record for Nathan Williams and Co. as they head in a new direction. The group is now different and features members of Jay Reatard as the backing band. Williams doesn’t seem as angry/pissed off/crazy. Hopefully we won’t be having any more meltdowns from him.

Williams has recently fooled all of his Twitter followers by saying that mega company Disney was suing him for naming one of the new tracks “Mickey Mouse.” 

He tweeted:

“Who would’ve thought I’d get sued for a song called ‘Mickey Mouse’?? You’ll want this first press of this record.”

Well apparently this is not true. He also called Walt Disney a Nazi by the way. This just seems like a really great way to get people to buy your record, doesn’t it?  Hmmm. In any case, this is by far Wavves best work so you should pick up a copy anyway.

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Wavves plays tonight at Madame Wong’s in California. The rest of the tour is as follows.

Fri-Aug-06    Chicago, IL    Lollapalooza
Sat-Aug-07    Chicago, IL    Empty Bottle / Lollapalooza afterparty #
Thu-Aug-12    San Diego, CA    Museum of Contemporary Art / San Diego
Fri-Aug-13    Pomona, CA    The Glass House %
Sat-Aug-14    Portland, OR    Berbati’s Pan +
Mon-Aug-16    Santa Barbara, CA    Soho
Tue-Aug-17    Santa Cruz, CA    Crepe Place
Wed-Aug-18    San Francisco, CA    Rickshaw Stop
Wed-Aug-25    Seattle, WA    Neumos
Thu-Aug-26    Vancouver, BC    Biltmore
Fri-Aug-27    Victoria, BC    Sugar
Mon-Aug-30    Davis, CA    Sol Collective
Tue-Aug-31    Visalia, CA    Howie and Sons Pizza Parlor
Sat-Sep-04    Los Angeles, CA    FYF Fest
Fri-Sep-10    Memphis, TN    Hi-Tone
Sat-Sep-11    St. Louis, MO    Billiken Club
Tue-Sep-14    Bloomington, IN    Rhinos
Wed-Sep-15    Columbus, OH    Skully’s
Thu-Sep-16    Buffalo, NY    Mohawk Place
Fri-Sep-17    Northampton, MA    Pearl Street Nightclub
Sat-Sep-18    Waltham, MA    Brandeis University
Mon-Sep-20    Providence, RI    Met Café
Fri-Sep-24    Kingston, NY    323 Wall Street
Sat-Sep-25    Baltimore, MD    Ottobar
Mon-Sep-27    Washington, DC    Rock and Roll Hotel
Tue-Sep-28    Greensboro, NC    Guilford College
Wed-Sep-29    Charlotte, NC    Milestone
Thu-Sep-30    Atlanta, GA    Drunken Unicorn
Fri-Oct-01    Nashville, TN    Exit/In – Next Big Nashville
Sat-Oct-02    Oxford, MS    Proud Larry’s
Wed-Oct-20    New York, NY    Madison Square Garden $

* = w/ Smith Westerns, Total Slacker
# = w/ Harlem, Fergus and Geronimo
% = w/ Abe Vigoda, The Growlers, Crystal Antlers
+ =  w/ The Cool Kids
$ = w/ Phoenix, Dirty Projectors