A series of inspired yearly releases from Wishy — from the Paradise EP in 2023 to debut album Triple Seven in 2024 to the Planet Popstar EP in 2025 — gave us a glimmer of hope for an indie rock future, but now the Indianapolis band has sights set on something far more expansive. And that’s because new single “Lovesick,” the first taste of forthcoming sophomore record Nature’s Pill, out in October on Winspear, finds the quintet at perhaps their most magnetic (and that’s saying something).
This week’s blissfully melancholic “Lovesick” jangles and pops in all the best ways, siphoning a propellant college-rock glide and pre-alternative magnetism previously lost to the left-of-the-dial archives. It’s the type of song we’d have all put on a mixtape back in the day to win over the one we loved, and emits a throwback quality without ever feeling retro.
“There’s not much more that needs to be said about yearning in 2026, but here it is anyway,” says vocalist Nina Pitchkites. “Kevin and I are stupidly romantic people who like twee-pop so that combination alone was a recipe for a cheeky ‘main character’ song. We really leaned into the overzealous lyrics here because 1) we’re allowed, 2) can do whatever we want and 3) it’s fun 🙂 yay!”
Wishy will spend the summer bringing their brilliant sound to the masses by opening for The Beths and Beach Bunny, before a headlining run in the fall delivers them to Brighton Music Hall in Allston on October 14.