{"id":2218676,"date":"2026-01-01T08:56:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2218676"},"modified":"2026-01-01T08:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:56:35","slug":"unpopular-recordings-share-new-compilation-unpopular-presents-fuck-wave-vol-1-featuring-new-music-from-sex-mask-knife-tutorial-humane-the-moon-cellular-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/unpopular-recordings-share-new-compilation-unpopular-presents-fuck-wave-vol-1-featuring-new-music-from-sex-mask-knife-tutorial-humane-the-moon-cellular-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpopular Recordings Share New Compilation &#8211; \u00a0&#8220;Unpopular Presents: Fuck Wave Vol. 1&#8221; \u00a0Featuring New Music From Sex Mask\u00a0+\u00a0Knife Tutorial, Humane The Moon, Cellular &#038; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/circuitsweet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AW2_4000X4000_FCKWAVE-9900000000079e3c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100103\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circuitsweet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AW2_4000X4000_FCKWAVE-9900000000079e3c.jpg 900w, https:\/\/circuitsweet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AW2_4000X4000_FCKWAVE-9900000000079e3c-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Unpopular Recordings share new compilation<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cUnpopular Presents: Fuck Wave Vol. 1\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Feat. new music from Sex Mask<br \/>\u00a0+<br \/>\u00a0Knife Tutorial, Humane The Moon, Cellular and more<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Tastemaker label Unpopular Recordings have released a new compilation featuring a selection of tracks from their roster including Sex Mask, M2, Cellular, Knife Tutorial, Humane The Moon, Rhed, and Wry Gray.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Founded by Stephen \u201cPav\u201d Pavlovic and Adrian McGruther, the new compilation marks something of an unofficial launch for Unpopular. The label shares its name with an exhibition from 2022 at Sydney\u2019s Powerhouse Museum, in which Pavlovic showed his archive of iconic rock memorabilia collected over his years as a promoter and label boss. He is widely known as the first person to bring Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Pavement, Daft Punk and more to Australia, and as the founder of Modular Recordings under which he first signed the likes of Tame Impala, Ladyhawke, Wolmother and The Avalanches. Former A&amp;R and music lawyer, Adrian McGruther, is the founder of artist management company su:yu:ka \u2013 home to the likes of Gordi and Willaris. K and viral content creators Shepmates. In addition to running Unpopular, the pair also manage artists including Radio Free Alice, one of the breakthrough Antipodean indie-rock acts of the last year and fast-rising trio, Sex Mask.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Recently championed as \u201cAustralia\u2019s next big export\u201d by NME, and having released their \u201cBody Broker\u201d EP to widespread praise, Sex Mask have contributed a new single to the compilation titled \u201cGirth\u201d. The driving and deceptively hooky new track is a live favourite from the band\u2019s recent packed-out EU\/UK tour with hometown friends Radio Free Alice (whose singer, Noah Learmonth, also features on the compilation via the band\u2019s recent single \u201cBlisters\u201d), and sees them elaborating on their lo-fi blend of 80s industrial, no-wave and post-punk influences. As much at home in late-night venues and darkened clubs, \u201cGirth\u201d nods towards what\u2019s to come in what looks like an even bigger 2026 for the band.<\/p>\n<p>Knife Tutorial\u2019s contribution also marks a new release and a new project from Sex Mask frontman, Wry Gray (who also closes out the compilation with a solo track). Knife Tutorial shows another side to Gray\u2019s output combining warped electronic arrangements and glitched-out samples with abrasive, high adrenaline rapping and saturated vocals. Meanwhile, his solo outing shows a more delicate side to his compositional work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Elsewhere on the EP, tracks such as \u201ci kinda like it\u201d by Cellular show off the band\u2019s genre-fluid, autotune-tinted noise rock, while East London\u2019s Humane The Moon highlight their gritty, kitchen sink indie rock on \u201cAgony. Conversely, M2 shows off the label\u2019s eclecticism with dancefloor ready indie-pop club heater \u201cM3\u201d, whereas Rhed\u2019s airy \u201cRightway\u201d delves into trip-hop inflected, psych-pop territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Tracklisting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u00a01) Sex Mask \u2013 \u201cGirth\u201d<br \/>\u00a02) M2 \u2013 \u201cM3\u201d<br \/>\u00a03) Cellular \u2013 \u201cI kinda like it\u201d<br \/>\u00a04) Knife Tutorial \u2013 \u201cConcrete\u201d<br \/>\u00a05) Humane The Moon \u2013 \u201cAgony\u201d<br \/>\u00a06) Sex Mask \u2013 \u201cBlisters\u201d (feat. Noah Learmonth)<br \/>\u00a07) Humane The Moon \u2013 \u201cTetris\u201d (feat. Kate Ireland)<br \/>\u00a08) M2 \u2013 \u201cM4\u201d<br \/>\u00a09) Rhed \u2013 \u201cRightway\u201d<br \/>\u00a010) Wry Gray \u2013 \u201cDreams\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Fuckwave Vol. 01\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1EPIRcwQjn3ygmz66KENqk?go=1&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=acba1b29638e429b&amp;utm_source=oembed\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Speaking on the compilation, Pavlovic says\u00a0<em>\u201cthere\u2019s a rising tide of kids worldwide that don\u2019t give two fucks about rules, genres, scenes or sounds, that in a way harks back to a time when post-punk, dub and disco were intertwined in the 80s, or when indie rock and dance music became bedfellows in the early 2000s. Unpopular is an outlet for these kinds of transgressive sounds and Fuckwave Vol. 1 is our first collected representation of that. It\u2019s an assortment of sounds that doesn\u2019t really belong anywhere but to us makes perfect sense together.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unpopular.lnk.to\/Vol1\">https:\/\/unpopular.lnk.to\/Vol1<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source circuitsweet.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unpopular Recordings share new compilation \u00a0\u201cUnpopular Presents: Fuck Wave Vol. 1\u201d \u00a0Feat. new music from Sex Mask\u00a0+\u00a0Knife Tutorial, Humane The Moon, Cellular and more Tastemaker label Unpopular Recordings have released a new compilation featuring a selection of tracks from their roster including Sex Mask, M2, Cellular, Knife Tutorial, Humane The Moon, Rhed, and Wry Gray. 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