{"id":31655,"date":"2025-03-14T07:25:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T06:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=31655"},"modified":"2025-03-14T08:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T07:16:46","slug":"new-ep-monster-wave-curse-of-monster-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/new-ep-monster-wave-curse-of-monster-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"New EP: Monster Wave || Curse of Monster Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asheville, North Carolina-based surf rockers Monster Wave\u2014Casey Willis (lead guitar, bass), Joel Shuman (rhythm guitar), Ryan Grisso (keyboard, bass), and Lee Rubenstein (drums)\u2014take the high standard of their 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/10\/new-album-monster-wave-pazuzu-luau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pazuzu Luau<\/em><\/a> LP even higher with this new EP. 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