Wax Jaw

Secret Location October 6, 2023

October 13th, 2023

Somewhere on South Street as the sun set on a Philadelphia Thursday, you could look over from the sidewalk through an open window to the unexpected sight of Wax Jaw setting up for their secret show of their debut EP release. A soft hum of energy buzzed through the intimate house-converted venue, as the lights were lowered and the most die-hard of fans and curious passersby trickled in.

The set started off by hurling the audience into high energy crowd pleaser “Be the Man,” immediately igniting the small space with a sound sure to have shaken the neighbor’s walls.

After everyone had a moment to catch their breath, a member of the crowd was hand selected through a series of trivia questions, that included such privileged knowledge as “What member of the band shat their pants at a festival?” (a secret that was reserved for the highest rungs of the fan base),  to take the inaugural hit of the ghost pinata that had been looming over their (Wax Jaw’s) heads. After a swing and a miss, the band pushed on with “Big Hang” and “Cavities in My Heart.”

With the show charging on, the beginning of song “The Mirror” was marked by the comical explosion of the pinata, revealing a hard shower of red wax lips that rained down into the crowd. In response, band and audience members alike symbolically adorned the name-sake wax jaws for the rest of the song.

As the EP winded down to an end, Wax Jaw’s notorious frenzied crowds could no longer be contained by the confines of the venue. In a single riotous motion, fans ascended skywards onto shoulders and backs when the room became too restricting to mosh, even taking guitar player George with them. 

Wax Jaw’s debut EP “Between the Teeth” is set to release with a show at Silk City on October 21st that pledges to deliver a package of post-punk pandemonium. If you can’t wait that long you can find them this weekend in Wilmington, DE (10/13) and Brooklyn, NY (10/14).

SETLIST:

BE THE MAN

BIG HANG

CAVITIES IN MY HEART

THE MIRROR

CHECKING ME OUT

B-O-M-O

GRATITUDE

GIMMIE A TRY

SPIT YA OUT

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-Before Tomorrow