Wealthy Women release debut album ‘Children’
Wealthy Women | Photo Credit: Don Doblados
San Francisco three-piece Wealthy Women today release their debut album ‘Children’ produced by Scott Evans (Neurosis, SUMAC, Autopsy) and recorded at Antisleep Audio in Oakland.
Written largely in the wake of Trump's re-election and shaped by the rising tide of despair throughout 2025, ‘Children’ confronts the crises that define this political moment: toxic masculinity and the online radicalisation of young men, the human cost of cruel immigration policy, and the casual inhumanity of modern war. As the weight of those subjects grows heavier, the band's tunings drop lower to match.
Speaking on the album's release, the band say: “We're delighted to finally be able to share this record. This is the culmination of a 2-year process for us of writing, refining and recording this body of songs. The lyrics attempt to describe what it felt like to live in America during 2025 and the disastrous consequences of an uncaring administration at home and abroad. We tried to capture the feelings of rage, despair and powerlessness that defined the year for us and turn into something positive and impactful. We hope these songs connect with people who felt the same way."
Listen to ‘Children’ here
The eight tracks that make up ‘Children’ move between outrage and grief, with satire and dark observational humour used to vary the emotional register. ‘37 Days’ tells the story of Asaad al-Nasasra, a Palestinian Red Crescent paramedic detained by Israeli forces after an attack that killed eight of his colleagues. ‘Men of the West’ turns to historical conflict to explore themes of terror, courage, and claustrophobia. ‘Take It Back’ follows a woman who supported harsh immigration policies until she finds herself caught in the machinery of immigration enforcement. ‘Atheist Wife’ wears the mask of a love song to skewer the Christian Nationalist view of women, drawing a line between JD Vance's ‘childless cat ladies’ remarks and the songwriter's own wife. ‘Worst Date’ stares down the misogyny peddled by the quiet, devastating account of spousal abuse, drawn from a formative personal encounter with the realities of domestic violence. ‘Siege,’ written in late 2024, describes Trump's second term with a prescience that still stings. The title track closes the album in mourning for the children of Gaza and Ukraine.
Wealthy Women are not a very Bay Area band, despite calling San Francisco home. The trio - Don Doblados (bass), Andrew Harms (drums), and Peter Sisk (guitar/vocals) - carry with them a particular outsider's perspective. Don is the Bay Area-born son of Filipino immigrants. Andrew arrived from Kansas. Peter, the band's chief songwriter, is Irish and only moved to the US in 2017, arriving during the earliest months of the first Trump administration. He has watched the country change around him ever since. That outsider vantage point is the engine of ‘Children’.
‘Children’ is recorded at Antisleep Audio with producer Scott Evans, whose work with Neurosis, SUMAC, and Autopsy speaks to a shared understanding of music that needs to be felt in the chest.
‘Children’ is out now.
‘Children’ tracklist:
37 Days
Men of the West
Take It Back
Atheist Wife
Worst Date
Shit Breaks
Siege
Children
Wealthy Women are:
Peter Sisk - guitar/vocals
Don Doblados - bass
Andrew Harms - drums
