Ian Wayne - A Place Where Nothing Matters (2018)

Ian Wayne is the Brooklyn-based recording project of the eponymous Wayne (songs, vocals, guitar) along with Keith J. Nelson (keys, vocals), Andrew Stocker (bass), Dan Knishkowy (drums) and Jack McNutt (lead guitar). This autumn sees the release of A Place Where Nothing Matters, a record which highlights Wayne’s distinctive and precarious balance beam act along the thin line between sincerity and sarcasm—a style unafraid of illuminating the ridiculous banalities of life without losing all sense of fun or hope.

As such, those who appreciate the sardonic pop of CHUCK and Frog will find a new hero in Ian Wayne. Lead single ‘Revelation’ serves as the perfect example of his style, with PopMatters describing the sound as existing “somewhere sonically between the driving force of indie rock, low-key folk, and ruminative jazz,” and the tone that of wry wit, a vibe that extends beyond the music and into the track’s video.