She Wants Revenge - "BLACK WAX / OUR LOVE"

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Photo by Piper Ferguuson

It's been fifteen years since She Wants Revenge released Valleyheart, and the darkwave group just announced a new album due in February. The album's first single, "BLACK WAX / OUR LOVE," is everything we love about She Wants Revenge. It's filled with the dark, infinitely danceable sound we love. If anything, it might rock a little more than we're used to from them. If you've been a fan of theirs since their 2005 self-titled debut, you're going to love this new one. Actually, if you've loved any if their previous releases, you're going to love "BLACK WAX / OUR LOVE." And if you're new to She Wants Revenge, this is going to make you dive into their full back catalog.

Adam Bravin says of his band's new single:

“We’ve always been fascinated by the contradictions in love: How something can be beautiful and destructive at the same time, and how you can know something isn’t good for you and still find yourself drawn to it. There’s a certain darkness in ‘Black Wax,’ but there’s also an energy and a sense of defiance that we love. It feels like a natural evolution of what SWR has always been about, without trying to recreate something we’ve already done.” 

You can watch the video for "BLACK WAX / OUR LOVE" below. The Loved is due out February 12. For more on She Wants Revenge, check out the band's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video.


Oct 22 San Diego, CA – House of Blues *sold out

Oct 24 Fort Worth, TX – Texas Motor Speedway (Sick New World Festival) *sold out

Oct 25 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave / Eagles Club 

Oct 26 Chicago, IL – House of Blues *sold out

Oct 27 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *sold out

Oct 28 Toronto, ON - Opera House *sold out

Oct 30 Huntington, NY - The Paramount

Oct 31 Philadelphia, PA - Brooklyn Bowl

Nov 01 Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club

Nov 02 New York, NY – Webster Hall

Nov 04 Asbury Park, NJ – The Stone Pony

Jan 29 Bucharest, RO - Control Club

Jan 31 Warsaw, PL - Palladium

Feb 01 Berlin, DE - Kesselhaus Berlin

Feb 03 Cologne, DE - Kulturkirche

Feb 05 Utrecht, NL - Tivoli De Helling

Feb 06 Paris, FR - Trabendo

Feb 07 Brighton, UK - Concorde 2

Feb 09 London, UK - Electric Ballroom

Feb 10 Bristol, UK - Fleece

Feb 11 Manchester UK - Club Academy

Feb 12 Glasgow, UK - SWG3 Warehouse

Feb 14 Dublin, IE - Whelans

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