Day Wave is an American indie rock band from Oakland, California, formed in 2015. The band consists solely of Jackson Phillips, with accompanying musicians for live performances. He released his debut EP Headcase as Day Wave in 2015. Phillips has been featured in LA Mag and Billboard. He opened for Blonde Redhead during their fall 2016 tour.
In November 2016, Phillips signed onto Harvest Records and released the single "Wasting Time". In February 2017, he announced his debut album, The Days We Had, which was released on May 5, 2017.
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Day Wave is an American indie rock band from Oakland, California, formed in 2015. The band consists solely of Jackson Phillips, with accompanying musicians for live performances. He released his debut EP Headcase as Day Wave in 2015. Phillips has been featured in LA Mag and Billboard. He opened for Blonde Redhead during their fall 2016 tour.
In November 2016, Phillips signed onto Harvest Records and released the single "Wasting Time". In February 2017, he announced his debut album, The Days We Had, which was released on May 5, 2017. Phillips relocated to the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles in early 2017. Like on his earlier EPs, Phillips recorded straight to tape on his full-length debut. Phillips's recordings with Day Wave included some of the earliest recorded work of Australian-American musician Hazel English, and they co-released a cover of Interpol's "PDA".[12][13] On April 24, 2020, Phillips released his third EP, Crush. On June 24, 2022, he released his second studio album, Pastlife. Phillips produced 7 of the 10 tracks on Calum Hood's 2025 debut album Order Chaos Order.
Phillips' live personnel includes brothers Henry (bass) and Jack Moser (keyboard/synth) as well as Nick de Ryss (drums), and Alex Lasner (guitar). After Phillips co-produced Pete Yorn's album Caretakers, Phillips, de Ryss, Henry Moser joined Yorn's 2019 tour as his backing band. Yorn also collaborated with Phillips on the 2022 release Hawaii.
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