Day Wave

{{Short description|American indie rock musician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Day Wave | image = | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption =Day Wave's Ritz PDB concert photographed in Montréal , Québec, Canada . | birth_name = Jackson Phillips | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|9|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = | origin = Oakland, California, U.S. | genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|dream pop}} | years_active = {{start date|2013}}–present | label = Grand Jury<br>Harvest Records<br>Fiction Records<br>PIAS Recordings | past_member_of = Carousel | website = {{URL|http://www.daywavemusic.com/}} }} '''Jackson Phillips''' (born September 3, 1989<ref>{{cite web |last=Volpe|first=Allie |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/day-wave-hard-to-read-noisey-next/ |title=Stuck on Day Wave, California's Melancholy Dreamer|publisher=Vice |date=February 25, 2016 |access-date=January 5, 2026}}</ref>), known professionally as '''Day Wave''', is an American indie rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, and producer based in Oakland, California. He was previously in the Los Angeles-based electro pop group Carousel, formed after graduating from Berklee College of Music in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lipshutz|first=Jason |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/carousel-into-the-night-exclusive-song-premiere-5793303/ |title=Carousel, 'Into The Night': Exclusive Song Premiere|publisher=Billboard |date=November 19, 2013 |access-date=January 5, 2026}}</ref> He released his debut EP ''Headcase'' as Day Wave in 2015. Phillips has been featured in ''LA Mag'' and ''Billboard.'' He opened for Blonde Redhead during their fall 2016 tour.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hampp|first=Andrew |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/day-wave-headcase-ep-interview-6634359/ |title=Day Wave Talks DIY 'Headcase' EP, Ditching Synth-Pop & More|publisher=Billboard |date=July 16, 2015 |access-date=July 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=White|first=Caitlin |url=http://www.stereogum.com/1807620/day-wave-we-try-but-we-dont-fit-in/mp3s/ |title=Day Wave – "We Try But We Don't Fit In" |publisher=StereoGum |date=June 10, 2015 |accessdate=July 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lester|first=Paul |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/25/the-playlist-new-bands-day-wave-boycrush-rangleklods-and-more |title=The playlist: new bands – Day Wave, Boycrush, Rangleklods and more |work=The Guardian |date=May 25, 2015 |accessdate=July 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Bennett|first=Kim Taylor |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/premiere-day-wave-we-try-but-we-dont-fit-in/ |title= Day Wave's "We Try But We Don't Fit In" Is an Outsider Anthem for Dreamers|publisher=Vice |date= 10 June 2015|access-date=July 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lawrence|first=Eric J. |url=http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/2015/04/day-wave-artist-you-should-know-song-premiere/ |title=Day Wave: Artist You Should Know (Song Premiere) |publisher=KCRW Music Blog |date=April 8, 2015 |accessdate=July 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laweekly.com/event/blonde-redhead-day-wave-5733621 |title=Blonde Redhead, Day Wave |publisher=LA Weekly |accessdate=July 28, 2015}}</ref>

In November 2016, Phillips signed onto Harvest Records and released the single "Wasting Time".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thebaybridged.com/2016/11/09/day-wave-joins-harvest-records-releases-new-song/|title=Day Wave joins Harvest Records, releases new song|first=Rob|last=Goodman|date=2016-11-09|website=The Bay Bridged|access-date=2017-03-18|archive-date=2018-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120221105/http://thebaybridged.com/2016/11/09/day-wave-joins-harvest-records-releases-new-song/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The song "Hard to Read" appears in 2016 video game ''Watch Dogs 2''. In February 2017, he announced his debut album, ''The Days We Had'', which was released on May 5, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/02/day-wave-jackson-phillips-releases-new-single-some.html|title=Day Wave Announces Debut Album, Releases New Single "Something Here"|work=pastemagazine.com|access-date=2017-03-18|language=en}}</ref> Phillips relocated to the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles in early 2017.<ref name=PTA2017>{{Cite web|url=http://www.passtheaux.co/interview-day-wave-el-rey-theatre/|title=Interview: Day Wave maintains lo-fi charm on debut album|work=Pass The Aux|date=25 May 2017 |access-date=2017-05-25|language=en}}</ref> Like on his earlier EPs, Phillips recorded straight to tape on his full-length debut.<ref name=PTA2017 /> Phillips's recordings with Day Wave included some of the earliest recorded work of Australian-American musician Hazel English, and they co-released a cover of Interpol's "PDA".<ref name= "English">{{cite news |last=Offenberger |first=Bre |url= https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/04/hazel-english-wake-up-review-day-wave |title=Album Review: Hazel English molds dream pop perfection on 'Wake UP!' |work=The Post |date=April 26, 2020 |access-date=January 7, 2020}}</ref><ref name= "Interpol">{{cite news |last=Murray |first=Robin |url= https://www.clashmusic.com/news/day-wave-hazel-english-tackle-an-interpol-classic |title=Day Wave, Hazel English Tackle An Interpol Classic |work=Clash |date=November 17, 2017 |access-date=January 7, 2020}}</ref> On April 24, 2020, Phillips released his third EP, ''Crush''. On June 24, 2022, he released his second studio album, ''Pastlife''. Phillips produced 7 of the 10 tracks on Calum Hood's 2025 debut album ''Order Chaos Order''.

Phillips' live personnel includes brothers Henry (bass) and Jack Moser (keyboard/synth) as well as Nick de Ryss (drums), and Alex Lasner (guitar). After Phillips co-produced Pete Yorn's album ''Caretakers'', Phillips, de Ryss, Henry Moser joined Yorn's 2019 tour as his backing band.<ref>Chareunsy, Don, [https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/oct/17/days-of-yorn-singer-songwriter-pete-yorn-gets-inti/ "Days of Yorn: Singer-songwriter Pete Yorn gets intimate on solo acoustic tour"]</ref> Yorn also collaborated with Phillips on the 2022 release ''Hawaii''.

==Discography== ===Studio albums=== * ''The Days We Had'' (Harvest, 2017) * ''Pastlife'' (PIAS, 2022)

===EPs=== * ''Headcase'' (Self-released, 2015) * ''Hard to Read'' (Grand Jury, 2016) * ''Crush'' (PIAS, 2020)

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Category:Living people Category:1989 births Category:American rock musicians Category:Musicians from Oakland, California Category:Berklee College of Music alumni Category:Fiction Records artists Category:Harvest Records artists