# Say Anything and Wavves unite for collaborative mall-emo album Cherry Soda

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/say-anything-wavves-announce-new-album-cherry-soda-hear-deathx1k/
- Published: 2026-07-10T14:39:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-11T09:12:27+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2504591/say-anything-wavves-announce-new-album-cherry-soda-hear-deathx1k/music/
- Topics: Entertainment, Geopolitics, Music, Politics

## Summary

Say Anything and Wavves, two acts that emerged in the 2000s with contrasting approaches to pop-punk, have announced a collaborative album titled Cherry Soda. The record unites their respective frontmen, Max Bemis and Nathan Williams, who wrote the songs together with the aim of crafting an "early 2000s Wavves emo record" — described in the piece as a "mall emo" project. The pairing is presented as an unlikely one, given Say Anything's turbulent Warped Tour history and Wavves' origins as a lo-fi, noisy solo act.

The 10-track album was recorded with Blink-182 collaborator Aaron Rubin and is due out on 18 September via I Surrender Records. It follows Wavves' 2025 comeback album Spun and Say Anything's covers collection ...Is Sleazy. The lead single, "Deathx1k", is a pop-punk anthem with a chorus about running out of drugs and comes with a claymation video from director Jelly Eyes; the tracklist also includes songs such as "Keep What Hurts", "Cherry Soda" and "Pinesol".

## Coverage

- [Stereogum: Say Anything and Wavves unite for collaborative mall-emo album Cherry Soda](https://stereogum.com/2504591/say-anything-wavves-announce-new-album-cherry-soda-hear-deathx1k/music/)
- [Pitchfork: Wavves and Say Anything Crack Open Collaborative Album Cherry Soda](https://pitchfork.com/story/wavves-and-say-anything-collaborative-album-cherry-soda/)

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