Wavves and Say Anything Crack Open Collaborative Album Cherry Soda

Nathan Williams and Max Bemis get the claymation treatment in the “Deathx1k” video

July 8, 2026

Wavves and Say Anything are merging their respective takes on coastal pop-punk for a new collaborative album called Cherry Soda. It’s out September 18 via I Surrender. The lead single, “Deathx1k,” gets a cheeky stop-motion video directed by Jelly Eyes, featuring claymation versions of Nathan Williams, Max Bemis, and a handful of other critters who get up to no good. Check it out below.

Produced by Aaron Rubin, Cherry Soda is 10 songs long and co-written entirely by Williams and Bemis. In a press release, Williams revealed that he was inspired to collaborate with the Say Anything frontman after digging through Bemis’ catalogue and being surprised at the range of his sound. “I wanted to see what an early 2000s Wavves emo record would sound like,” said Williams. “That was the idea: to make a mall emo record.”

Bemis adds: “We kind of wrote to each other’s situations. We’re both very different people, but we get along really well. As writers, we pushed ourselves. He became more emo and I became more Wavves-y. I think we brought out some of the stuff that isn’t most obvious in each other. I may be singing stuff that sounds kind of bleak, but that’s kind of like Nate’s whole shtick, although he’s actually a very sweet, sensitive guy.”

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Cherry Soda:

01 Keep What Hurts

02 Deathx1k

03 Gone Away

04 So Low

05 Still Alive

06 Cherry Soda

07 Sell You Hope

08 Litterbug

09 Pretend Again

10 Pinesol

Wavves x Say Anything: Cherry Soda

Nina Corcoran joined Pitchfork as an Associate Staff Writer in 2021 after contributing to the website since 2015. She’s written for Rolling Stone, Wired, NPR, Stereogum, and elsewhere, and was previously the music editor of alt-weekly newspaper DigBoston. She’s based in Chicago. ... Read More