Say Anything and Wavves Join Forces on Collaborative Album ‘Cherry Soda’

Two distinct corners of the 2000s pop-punk revival are converging this fall. Say Anything’s Max Bemis and Wavves’ Nathan Williams have completed a collaborative album titled Cherry Soda, set for release on September 18 via I Surrender Records. The partnership follows Wavves’ 2025 comeback Spun and Say Anything’s divisive covers collection …Is Sleazy.

The pair wrote the ten songs together and recorded them with producer Aaron Rubin, known for his work with Blink-182. The project began from mutual curiosity: Williams, a self-described “very curious person creatively,” dove into Bemis’s catalog and proposed making what he calls “a mall emo record.” The resulting material pushed each songwriter outside their typical modes. “He became more emo, and I became more Wavves-y,” Williams said in a statement.

Lead single “Deathx1k” channels that intersection into a direct, soaring pop-punk anthem, its singalong hook undercut by a lyric about running out of drugs. The accompanying video, directed by Jelly Eyes, uses claymation to add a disorienting physical texture. The album’s tracklist suggests a focused run—ten songs, no features, titles like “Keep What Hurts,” “So Low,” and the full-circle “Pretend Again.”

Cherry Soda is available for pre-order now.