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Afraid of Heights by Wavves
Afraid of Heights is an album by Wavves, released in 2013. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Demon to Lean On”, on 3 lists with a best position of #64.
Afraid of Heights, the fourth album from San Diego's Wavves, hit shelves on March 26, 2013, split between Ghost Ramp, Mom + Pop and Warner Bros. Records. Nathan Williams had started Wavves as a one-man recording project back in 2008; by now it's a real band, with Alex Gates, aboard since 2011, on guitar and backing vocals.
The surf-rock slacker still lives here, but the hooks have gone widescreen: pop-punk choruses built for shouting out a car window, guitars crashing like breakers, and Williams sounding sunburnt and sulky in the same breath. "Demon to Lean On" is the one that made the countdowns, a mopey anthem wearing a big grin. Critics mostly dug it, handing it a Metacritic average of 70. It sits between Life Sux and No Life for Me.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Afraid of Heights on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demon to Lean On | 3 | #64 | – | 2013 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.