Wilderado

{{Short description|American indie folk band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = | caption = From left to right: Max Rainer (guitar/vocals), Justin Kila (drums), Tyler Wimpee (guitar) | website = {{URL|wilderado.co}} | origin = Tulsa, Oklahoma | years_active = 2015–present | current_members = Max Rainer (lead singer, guitarist), Tyler Wimpee (guitarist, vocals), Justin Kila (drums) <ref name="Parklife">{{cite web |url=https://parklifedc.com/2022/03/16/live-review-wilderado-union-stage-3-10-22/ |title=Live Review: Wilderado @ Union Stage — 3/10/22 |last=Vock |first=Casey |date=March 16, 2022 |website=Parklife DC |publisher=Parklife Productions |access-date= |quote=}}</ref><ref name="Chicago Maroon">{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2022/5/10/good-music-better-company-wilderado-plays-chicago/ |title=Good Music, Better Company: Wilderado Plays Chicago |last1=Stewart |first1=Jed |last2=Hrycyszyn |first2=Sofia |date=May 10, 2022 |website=Chicago Maroon |publisher=University of Chicago |access-date=July 31, 2022 |quote=}}</ref> | past_members = Colton Dearing (bass), David Arthur Stimson (bass), Jack Malonis (multi-instrumentalist)<ref name="Parklife"/><ref name="Chicago Maroon"/><ref name="Danlag">{{cite web |last=Danlag |first=Nick |title=Q&A with Wilderado |url=https://www.idahopress.com/boiseweekly/music/q-a-with-wilderado/article_572c83b6-1605-5ef3-adb6-5c6ca6d5ab05.html |access-date=10 April 2023 |website=Boise Weekly|date=4 August 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lawrence |first=Heather |title=Indie rock bands Mt. Joy and Wilderado play to loyal crowd at Sandy Amphitheater|url=https://www.sandyjournal.com/2022/09/08/411264/indie-rock-bands-mt-joy-and-wilderado-play-to-loyal-crowd-at-sandy-amphitheater |access-date=10 April 2023 |website=The City Journals}}</ref> | genre = Urban folk, alternative rock | label = Bright Antenna Records | name = Wilderado }}

'''Wilderado''' is an American indie folk band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=EP6 Cocktails with Bright Antenna - Wilderado|date=2019-06-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv6GkkB5KNo&t=6s|publisher=YouTube|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref> The band was first signed to Iamsound Records, but is now signed to Bright Antenna Records.<ref name="billboard">{{cite web |last1=Olivier |first1=Bobby |title=The Band You Don't Know That You Need to See at Each of the Big Summer Festivals |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/summer-festivals-2017-bands-you-dont-know-7744690/ |publisher=Billboard |access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="broadwayworld">{{cite web |title=Wilderado Releases New EP Favors + New Tour Dates |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Wilderado-Releases-New-EP-Favors-New-Tour-Dates-20180525 |publisher=BroadwayWorld |accessdate=7 June 2019}}</ref>

Wilderado's Max Rainer and Tyler Wimpee met through mutual friends in college and started writing songs together in their fifth year after most of their friends had left. They went on a 30-concert tour with Flipturn in 2022, and expanded the tour to include bands Toledo and Michigander.

In 2016, the band released its first EP, ''Misty Shrub''.<ref name="onestowatch">{{cite web |title=Ones To Watch Presents: Wilderado |url=https://www.onestowatch.com/blog/ones-to-watch-presents-wilderado |publisher=Ones to Watch |accessdate=7 June 2019}}</ref> On July 22, 2016, the band released its second EP, ''Latigo,'' which amassed over 18 million streams on Spotify.<ref name="consequence">{{cite web |last1=Havens |first1=Lyndsey |title=Wilderado premiere glorious new track "Morning Light" — listen |url=https://citywinery.com/chicago/x-6-26-19.html |publisher=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=7 June 2019}}</ref> On the back of ''Latigo,'' Wilderado spent the next year touring with acts such as Band of Horses, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Lindsey Buckingham, and Judah & The Lion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Wilderado-Premieres-New-Single-SUREFIRE-With-Consequence-of-Sound-20190718|title=Wilderado Premieres New Single SUREFIRE With Consequence of Sound|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com}}</ref>

In 2018, Wilderado released its third EP, ''Favors,'' to critical and fan acclaim.<ref name="broadwayworld" /> In July 2019, Wilderado released the single ''Surefire''. The song was inspired by the poem “A Gradual Canticle for Augustine” by Tabitha King.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2019/07/wilderado-surefire-origins-stream/|title=Wilderado take a shot at the Origins of their new song, "Surefire": Stream|website=Consequence.net|date=July 18, 2019}}</ref> ''Surefire'' was named one of the "5 Songs You Need to Hear Right Now" by Sirius XM's Spectrum.

In 2020, the band released 3 singles, ''CFS'', ''Revenant'', and ''Take Some Time'', remixed by RJD2, Emancipator, Kyle McEvoy, & by Gus of Alt-J.

In 2021, the band released a new single, "Head Right." In October of the same year, the band released its debut album self-titled Wilderado.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Major|first=Michael|date=24 September 2021|title=Wilderado Releases 'Mr. Major' Single From Debut Album|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Wilderado-Releases-Mr-Major-Single-From-Debut-Album-20210924|access-date=27 October 2021|website=Broadway World}}</ref>

In March, 2022, the band appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, for their television debut. On September 24, of that same year, they performed on CBS Saturday Morning, 'Saturday Sessions' for their AM TV Debut where they performed "Surefire," "Take Some Time," and "Outside My Head."

In 2024 they released their new EP, "Talker." They were also featured on the sound track for the 2024 film Twisters. The song "Wall of Death" featured Ken Pomeroy and James McAlister.

==Band name== The current name is an altered version of the name of a town in Texas called Wildorado, which the band came across while driving late at night.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bedian |first1=Knar Bedian |title=Interview: Wilderado |url=https://soundofboston.com/interview-wilderado/ |website=Sound of Boston |access-date=1 March 2021 |date=1 June 2017}}</ref> Originally the band was named "Bird Dog" until they learned that another band had been using the name prior to them, which prompted the change to the current name.<ref name="Danlag">{{cite web |last=Danlag |first=Nick |title=Q&A with Wilderado |url=https://www.idahopress.com/boiseweekly/music/q-a-with-wilderado/article_572c83b6-1605-5ef3-adb6-5c6ca6d5ab05.html |access-date=10 April 2023 |website=Boise Weekly|date=4 August 2022 }}</ref>

==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title ! Release date ! Tracklist ! Runtimes |- | ''Wilderado'' | 15 October 2021 | 1. "Stranger" 2. "Astronaut" 3. "Head Right" 4. "Mr. Major" 5. "The Worst of It" 6. "Surefire" 7. "The Window" 8. "Outside My Head" 9. "Take Some Time" 10. "Help Me Down" | 03:19 03:33 03:17 04:33 03:20 04:01 04:05 03:48 03:30 03:40 '''Total: 37:06''' |- | ''Talker'' | 20 September 2024 | 1. "Talker" 2. "Bad Luck" 3. "Simple" 4. "Higher Than Most" 5. "Coming to Town" 6. "In Between" 7. "Longstanding Misunderstanding" 8. "Sometimes" 9. "Tomorrow" 10. "After All" 11. "Waiting On You" 12. "What Were You Waiting For?" | 03:02 03:23 02:44 03:20 02:35 02:36 02:42 03:00 03:20 03:17 03:37 02:37 '''Total: 36:13''' |}

===EPs=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title ! Release date ! Tracklist ! Runtimes |- | ''Misty Shrub'' | 15 March 2017 | 1. "The Ocean and the Sea" 2. "Dogs" 3. "Red River" 4. "The Desert Song" | 03:52 03:01 04:42 03:22 '''Total: 14:57''' |- | ''Singles'' | 14 July 2017 | 1. "Bottoms" 2. "Talking About Love to a Cigarette" 3. "Under the Weather" 4. "Now That I'm Older" 5. "Petra Rae" 6. "Millie" | 03:03 03:42 03:19 03:55 03:31 03:05 '''Total: 20:35''' |- | ''Latigo'' | 28 July 2017 | 1. "Morning Light" 2. "Already Loved" 3. "Rubble to Rubble" 4. "Wheat" | 03:40 03:26 03:24 03:46 '''Total: 14:16''' |- | ''Favors'' | 25 May 2018 | 1. "You Don't Love Me" 2. "Sorrow" 3. "Siren" 4. "Favors" | 03:55 04:12 03:59 03:48 '''Total: 15:54''' |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title ! Release date ! Alternative Airplay ! Runtime |- | "CFS" | 12 May 2020 | — | 02:06 |- | "Revenant" | 9 June 2020 | — | 03:43 |- | "Head Right" | 15 April 2021 | 29 | 3:17 |- | "For Peyton" | 20 September 2022 | — | 01:55 |- | "Surefire" | 27 September 2022 | 11 | 4:01 |- | "Higher Than Most" | 20 September 2024 | 23 | 3:19 |- |}

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Category:Musical groups established in 2016 Category:Musical groups from Los Angeles Category:Ignition Records artists Category:2016 establishments in Oklahoma Category:Bright Antenna Records artists