Acid Wave

“heart2heart shows growth for a band that was already writing incredible, moody pop music. Incredible things are on the way for this band.”
-Glide Magazine

Acid Wave is a five-piece all-girl band from El Paso, Texas, signed with Hogar Records. The band consists of drummer/vocalist Audrey Villalobos, keyboardist/vocalist Jet Gil-Robert, guitarist/vocalist Eva Vasquez, bassist/vocalist Isanette Olivarez, and drummer/vocalist Mary Moreck.

The band was formed in 2018 by Audrey, Isanette, and Eva. They came together with a shared passion for music and a desire to create a unique sound that blends indie alternative, and bedroom pop. With their musical backgrounds and diverse influences, they quickly started writing and recording their own original music. In 2021, Mary and Jet joined the band, and the group's sound evolved even further.

Acid Wave’s first album Love Trauma (2020) introduced a sonic world teaming with delicate textures, ethereal vocal melodies and chill, driving percussion. New album heart2heart (out May 5, 2023) centers around the joy that bursts through when we find our home in others, be it romantic or platonic. The band members describe themselves as “besties,” and are constantly inspired by each other, and it’s on heart2heart that Acid Wave shows us what can happen when you surround yourself with those you really trust.

Drummer/vocalist and songwriter Audrey Villalobos began writing what would become heart2heart after she moved to Oklahoma due to her time in the Air Force. Keyboardist/vocalist Jet Gil-Robert, guitarist/vocalist Eva Vasquez, bassist/vocalist Isanette Olivarez, and drummer/vocalist Mary Moreck stayed in El Paso, Texas and the band worked remotely for several years to bring together the collection of songs.

“I just felt so much love and I wanted to put that into songs for my partner,” Villalobos says. But heart2heart isn’t just a love story; instead, it interweaves all the growing pains of learning to love yourself too.