Eerie Wanda is the
indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and sub ...
solo project by the Dutch–Croatian singer-songwriter Marina Tadic.
Tadic started writing songs at age 14 when she got her first guitar, and takes an intuitive approach to making music. Various rotating musicians have been a part of the band, including members
Jasper Verhulst on bass, Nic Niggebrugge on drums, keyboardist Jeroen de Heuvel, and Bram Vervaet on lead guitar.
For their third album,
Internal Radio', Adam Harding and producer
Kramer were added.
The project was initially formed when Jasper Verhulst, the bassist for
Jacco Gardner Jacco is a Dutch male given name. It is a form of Jacob or James, only popular since the mid-1960. The spelling Jakko is uncommon.Jacco ...
and
Altin Gün was sent early demo tapes created by Tadic. Verhulst subsequently started performing bass with her, and Eerie Wanda was eventually formed.
The band's debut album ''Hum'' was released in 2016, with the single 'I Am Over Here' receiving some UK airplay, and a second album, ''Pet Town'', was released in January 2019 on
Joyful Noise Recordings.
For ''Pet Town'', each band member recorded their respective parts at their homes, and they were later remotely pieced together. Tadic said of the process: "I've written the songs in a period of my life in which I was feeling quite alone. I wanted the recording process to feel like that too."
The band is part of the
Joyful Noise Recordings label.
Marina Tadic released
Kidbug
Kidbug is an international cuddlebug-sludge supergroup composed of musicians signed to Joyful Noise Recordings. The project was conceived of by Marina Tadic ( Eerie Wanda) and Adam Harding (Dumb Numbers). They are joined by Thor Harris (Swans), ...
's eponymously title debut album with
Adam Harding (
Dumb Numbers
Dumb Numbers is the musical project of Adam Harding. Harding selects musicians for each Dumb Numbers project from a large group of friends and collaborators.” Lou Barlow, Dale Crover, Bobb Bruno (of Best Coast) and others contributed to the ...
),
Thor Harris
Thor Harris (born February 7, 1965) is an artist, sculptor, musician, painter, carpenter and handyman. He was the percussionist for Swans (2010–2016). He has performed with Shearwater (2001–2010), Bill Callahan, The Angels of Light, Lisa ...
(
Swans) and
Bobb Bruno
Best Coast is an American rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009. The band consists of songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno. Cosentino, a former child actress, began w ...
(
Best Coast) in 2020 on
Joyful Noise Recordings.
On June 29, 2022, a new album was announced, ''Internal Radio''.
Tadic wrote, created and co-produced the new album with additional parts added by Adam Harding, and co-produced with additional instrumentation added by Kramer (
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).
Discography
Albums
* ''Hum'' (2016)
* ''Pet Town'' (2019)
* ''Internal Radio'' (2022)
External links
Official WebsiteJoyful Noise Recordings - Record Label page
References
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Indie pop groups
Dutch indie rock groups
Joyful Noise Recordings artists