# Wishy
**Wishy** is an American indie rock band from [Indianapolis](https://www.edgepedia.org/indianapolis), Indiana, led by the singer-songwriters and guitarists Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites, whose music blends shoegaze (guitar style with loud, blurred, effects-drenched sound), dream pop, power pop, and 1990s-influenced alternative rock. The five-piece, completed by guitarist Dimitri Morris, bassist Mitch Collins, and drummer Conner Host, broke through with the debut album *Triple Seven* in 2024 and released its second album, *Nature's Pill*, in 2026.[1](https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/wishy-triple-seven-review-crushing-noise-meets-star-crossed-melodic-brilliance-3784970)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Origin | Indianapolis, Indiana; formed in 2022 according to AllMusic, though one interview source dates the band's formation to 2021[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0004523330) • [3](https://www.thelunacollective.co/journal/qa-wishy-2025) |
| Core members | Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites (vocals, guitar, songwriting), with Dimitri Morris (guitar), Mitch Collins (bass), and Conner Host (drums)[1](https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/wishy-triple-seven-review-crushing-noise-meets-star-crossed-melodic-brilliance-3784970) |
| Label | Winspear[4](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/wishy-triple-seven/) |
| Releases | EPs *Mana* (June 2023) and *Paradise* (December 2023); album *Triple Seven* (August 2024); EP *Planet Popstar* (April 2025); album *Nature's Pill* (October 2026)[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0004523330) |
| Sound | Dream pop, shoegaze, noise pop, and alt-rock with 1990s and 2000s influences, built around hooks from two alternating lead songwriters[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0004523330) |
| Background | Krauter was previously a member of the band Hoops; Pitchkites recorded as Push Pop[5](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0004301400) |
## Origins
Krauter and Pitchkites met as students at Carmel High School in the Indianapolis area, but followed separate artistic paths before joining forces as vocalists, guitarists, and songwriters.[6](https://www.ibj.com/articles/new-indiana-band-wishy-is-unwavering-in-its-distinctive-sound) Krauter had played in the indie pop band Hoops and released solo records, while Pitchkites performed in her own project, Push Pop.[5](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0004301400) In interviews the two have described a long-gestating idea for a band: Krauter had floated starting a twee pop project years earlier, and the pair built research playlists of the music they wanted to pursue before Pitchkites moved back to Indianapolis and joined him.[7](https://firstrevival.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-wishy)
**From Mana to Wishy.** The project's first recordings emerged under a different name. In 2023 the duo initially released songs as Mana, a separate, more abrasive project, before folding the two efforts into a single band called Wishy; Krauter described Mana as "the band that we had established" and Wishy as his and Pitchkites' pet project, which they decided to combine.[6](https://www.ibj.com/articles/new-indiana-band-wishy-is-unwavering-in-its-distinctive-sound) • [8](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/11/20/wishy-concert-dc/) The full lineup of Morris, Collins, and Host rounded out the group, and the band signed with the Winspear label.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0004523330)
## Recording career
Wishy's early releases came quickly. The self-produced debut EP *Mana* appeared in June 2023, and after sessions with co-producer, engineer, and mixer Ben Lumsdaine in which the band tracked 21 songs, five of those songs became the *Paradise* EP in December 2023.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0004523330)
**Triple Seven.** The ten-song *Triple Seven*, Wishy's full-length debut, was released on Winspear on August 16, 2024.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0004523330) • [1](https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/wishy-triple-seven-review-crushing-noise-meets-star-crossed-melodic-brilliance-3784970) Pitchfork's review called the Indianapolis band "a standout voice in the new generation of shoegaze" and described the album as filled with memorable hooks and blistering guitars drawing on [Midwest emo](https://www.edgepedia.org/midwest-emo) and 2000s pop.[4](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/wishy-triple-seven/) The album opens with "Sick Sweet" and the title track, both songs about having a crush written by Krauter and Pitchkites respectively, and NME highlighted the pairing of crushing noise with melodic hooks drawn from dream pop, shoegaze, and alt-rock.[4](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/wishy-triple-seven/) • [1](https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/wishy-triple-seven-review-crushing-noise-meets-star-crossed-melodic-brilliance-3784970) Drummer Conner Host, who had replaced the band's programmed drum machines the year before, was credited with pushing the band toward a heavier, more hardcore-leaning sound on tracks such as "Game" and "Spit."[4](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/wishy-triple-seven/)
**Planet Popstar.** Less than a year later, in April 2025, the band returned with *Paradise on Planet Popstar*, which paired the five-song *Paradise* EP with six new songs under the *Planet Popstar* banner.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0004523330) The EP continued songs that had not made the first record, and fans noted its poppier, dreamier sound relative to *Triple Seven*.[9](https://www.thelunacollective.co/journal/qa-wishy-2026)
**Nature's Pill.** The second album, *Nature's Pill*, was released on October 2, 2026 on Winspear: 12 songs running 42 minutes, produced by Ben Lumsdaine and Kevin Krauter, mixed by Lumsdaine, and mastered by Greg Obis.[10](https://wishy.bandcamp.com/album/natures-pill?from=playlist) It followed the singles "All The Rage," "Lovesick," "Sensational," and "Mona Lisa."[11](https://www.releasewave.com/articles/wishy-release-sophomore-lp-natures-pill) The writing process differed from the debut: while Krauter and Pitchkites had penned *Triple Seven* separately, for the second album they wrote together, with Morris and Collins also contributing, and around half of the album was tracked live as a band in a small Los Angeles studio with Lumsdaine.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0004523330) Reviewers described the record as the band's most cohesive project, pulling influences from garage rock, shoegaze, dream pop, and 1980s college rock, with Apple Music noting a new interest in rhythm-driven arrangements on the track "Sensational."[12](https://offtherecordpress.com/interviews/wishy-deserves-your-attention) • [13](https://music.apple.com/us/album/natures-pill/1896264132)
## Style and songwriting
Wishy's sound sits at the intersection of several guitar-music traditions. AllMusic classifies the band under alternative and indie rock, noise pop, indie rock, and dream pop, and describes the project as exploring a 1990s- and 2000s-influenced intersection of those styles.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0004523330) Krauter has cited 1990s bands such as My Bloody Valentine as an influence on the band's use of layered sonic texture, and the two songwriters have named [The Sundays](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-sundays), with singer Harriet Wheeler's handling of melody, as common ground.[6](https://www.ibj.com/articles/new-indiana-band-wishy-is-unwavering-in-its-distinctive-sound) • [14](https://www.nme.com/the-cover/wishy-29-07-2024-3778635)
The band's central mechanism is the two-songwriter format. Krauter and Pitchkites alternate lead vocals and writing duties, which gives records a contrast between his more desperate, hyperbolic delivery and her dreamier approach, in Pitchfork's description of *Triple Seven*.[4](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/wishy-triple-seven/) Both have described themselves as students of a good hook; Krauter said that hearing Pitchkites' solo music showed him she cared about melody "not just something to fill the space," which convinced him to start a band together.[14](https://www.nme.com/the-cover/wishy-29-07-2024-3778635) Critics have placed the band within the broader revival of shoegaze and 1990s alternative styles among younger listeners, with The Guardian describing Wishy as weaving shoegaze, pop-punk, and 90s indie threads into a single patchwork.[15](https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/17/one-to-watch-wishy-triple-seven)
## Reception
*Triple Seven* met a broadly positive critical and fan response. NME's review called the band "all in" on earnestness and melodrama, singling out the closing track "Spit" as evidence of a sound set to grow more muscular while keeping potent hooks.[1](https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/wishy-triple-seven-review-crushing-noise-meets-star-crossed-melodic-brilliance-3784970) Album of the Year's summary of reviews described the debut as a dreamy, melodic blend of shoegaze, dream pop, and indie rock with an immediately nostalgic feel.[16](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/956757-wishy-triple-seven.php) The band's stature rose quickly enough that NME made them a cover feature in July 2024, before the debut album was even released.[14](https://www.nme.com/the-cover/wishy-29-07-2024-3778635) By 2026 the band was touring North America as a headline act behind *Nature's Pill*, with dates across the United States from October through December.[10](https://wishy.bandcamp.com/album/natures-pill?from=playlist)
## References
1. [Wishy – 'Triple Seven' review: crushing noise meets star-crossed melodic brilliance, NME](https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/wishy-triple-seven-review-crushing-noise-meets-star-crossed-melodic-brilliance-3784970)
2. [Wishy – Biography, Discography, Albums & Expert Reviews, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0004523330)
3. [Q&A: Wishy on Friendship, New Music, and the Road Ahead, The Luna Collective](https://www.thelunacollective.co/journal/qa-wishy-2025)
4. [Wishy: Triple Seven Album Review, Pitchfork](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/wishy-triple-seven/)
5. [Triple Seven Review by AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0004301400)
6. [New Indiana band Wishy is unwavering in its distinctive sound, Indianapolis Business Journal](https://www.ibj.com/articles/new-indiana-band-wishy-is-unwavering-in-its-distinctive-sound)
7. [An interview with Wishy, First Revival](https://firstrevival.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-wishy)
8. [Collaboration keeps pushing indie rock band Wishy to new places, The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/11/20/wishy-concert-dc/)
9. [Q&A: Wishy's Nina Pitchkites and Kevin Krauter on the Maximalism of 'Nature's Pill', The Luna Collective](https://www.thelunacollective.co/journal/qa-wishy-2026)
10. [Nature's Pill | Wishy, Bandcamp](https://wishy.bandcamp.com/album/natures-pill?from=playlist)
11. [Wishy Release Sophomore LP Nature's Pill, Release Wave](https://www.releasewave.com/articles/wishy-release-sophomore-lp-natures-pill)
12. [Wishy Deserves Your Attention, Off the Record Press](https://offtherecordpress.com/interviews/wishy-deserves-your-attention)
13. [Nature's Pill – Album by Wishy, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/natures-pill/1896264132)
14. [Wishy: the Indianapolis indie-rockers growing together, NME The Cover](https://www.nme.com/the-cover/wishy-29-07-2024-3778635)
15. [One to Watch: Wishy, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/17/one-to-watch-wishy-triple-seven)
16. [Wishy - Triple Seven - Reviews, Album of The Year](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/956757-wishy-triple-seven.php)
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