Inner Wave — live event on Nov 4, 2026

Inner Wave

Twin Seas and Inner Wave live at Pappy and Harriets Pioneertown Palace, Pioneertown on Wed, Nov 4, 9:00 PM. Tickets from $34. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.

Lineup: Twin Seas, Heathers WWW.FOLKYEAH.COM DISCOVER: INNER WAVE web | Spotify | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube Inner Wave’s fifth full-length represents a massive leap for the California indie-rock outfit, honing their winning melodic instincts that have already wowed listeners and live audiences to zero in on the sharpest and richest version of their sound yet. At once broadly appealing and inarguably personal, See You When I Get Back recalls the lush psych-pop of Tame Impala, the Sea and Cake’s cool-handed post-rock, and the glowing synth fantasias of Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo. But for anyone who’s followed them thus far, these 12 tracks are unmistakably Inner Wave, all the while kicking the door open when it comes to new sonic possibilities for the group. See You When I Get Back is Inner Wave’s Nettwerk debut and proper follow-up to 2021’s dreamy Apoptosis, a record that provided a wealth of new opportunities for the group after years of honing their sound in their hometown of Gardena. “We grew up playing house shows there and even shot our first music video there,” lead vocalist Pablo Sotelo explains. “Most of our childhood was spent skating around Gardena in between practices. It’s a town that’s been good to us.” Following Apoptosis, Inner Wave underwent an onslaught of touring that spanned three entire years. “When we made that record, we didn’t know if we were ever going to tour again—so we took every opportunity we could,” Sotelo explains—and such a busy schedule meant a protracted creative process for their next record, as a brief demoing session in 2022 was eventually abandoned. “We didn’t have the opportunity to sit down somewhere comfortably and write much,” guitarist Elijah Trujillo admits. As life on the road began to slow, Inner Wave eventually decamped to their rehearsal space (lovingly dubbed “The Swamp”), where See You When I Get Back began to come together over the past year. “We got very detail-oriented with the sonics of the album and started recording in many different ways we hadn’t tried before,” Sotelo explains. That try-anything-once approach was certainly encouraged by him and keyboardist/engineer Jose Cruz—the latter of whom joined Inner Wave circa Apoptosis—co-producing the record. “He has a lot of technical knowledge and a sharp ear for things,” he says about Cruz’s hand in the record’s sound. “We wanted to leave no stone unturned when it came to experimenting—putting a ridiculous amount of mics around the drums, using headphones as mics. Any idea that seemed quirky and fun, we were like, “Yeah, let’s try it.” “Pablo’s always had a great ear—he’s a natural talent in that way,” Cruz adds on the duo’s behind-the-boards rapport. “We learned a lot making Apoptosis together, and in general, we cover each other’s weaknesses and strengthen our strengths. Almost every decision leading into making this record was keeping an ear toward what could make it better than the last one. So many new techniques and ideas came to the forefront.” Along with experimentation, the creative process of See You When I Get Back found Inner Wave navigating great personal change. “There’s been so many changes—such extreme highs and lows—in the last five years for us,” Sotelo reflects. “These are big life things that you just can’t ignore. There’s no way around it.” Several people in the band’s orbit—including their first manager as well as close friend and songwriter Bram Inscore, the latter of whom contributed to the album—sadly passed, and Sotelo and bassist Jean Pierre Narvaez made the decision to quit drinking following the wind-down of their hectic tour schedule. “I don’t think I would’ve been able to make this record with the guys if I hadn’t made that decision,” Sotelo says. “It allowed me to re-evaluate who I was, and who I thought I was—in the context of the band, as an individual, and as an artist.” “We all partied very very hard while touring,” Narvaez adds, before pointing out the happenstance that the band, in his words, “gave up the partying to make a party-rocking album.” Indeed, a sense of verve and energy courses through See You When I Get Back—partly owed to its origins as a collaborative affair, with guests including former drummer Luis Portillo, new sticksman recruit Felix Holton (Benee), and prolific drummer Eddie Burns (Clairo, Frank Ocean, Dominic Fike). “We’ve been friends with him for a long time, and he was very gracious to come in and take the music to another level,” he explains about Burns’ contributions. The sound captured across this album was also heavily influenced by the band’s own observations made during their extensive tour schedule. “We started to notice that the most energy we’d get from the audience was from upbeat songs,” Trujillo points out. “We were really trying to capture that with this album, so we ended up going back to our roots—stuff we grew up on, like garage rock—while still adding our own flavor.” That flavor is fully felt on the tastebuds in the form of

Starts: Wed, Nov 4, 9:00 PM

Ends: Wed, Nov 4, 11:00 PM

Where: 53688 Pioneertown Road, Pioneertown, California 92268, United States

Price: $34

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