Wealthy Women move through outrage and grief on upcoming debut album, Children

Formed by guitarist and vocalist Peter Sisk, bassist Don Doblados, and drummer Andrew Harms, Wealthy Women released their debut single, "Take It Back", just last month. "37 Days" arrives as the first preview of their first full-length body of work, and tells the story of Palestinian Red Crescent paramedic Asaad al-Nasasra. Following an attack that killed eight of his colleagues, he was detained by Israeli forces on 23 March 2025 and held for thirty-seven days without legal counsel before being released on 29 April.

Discussing the single, the band share: "It’s difficult to make sense of the suffering caused by the ongoing war in Gaza on a personal level. Some stories of that conflict have become touchpoints which cut through the noise in a way that forces a distant Western observer to put themselves in the place of another person, rather than attempt to grapple with statistics.

"The story of Hind Rajab is the stuff of nightmares for any parent. Asaad al-Nasasra is still alive, but his 37 day imprisonment after an attack which killed eight of his colleagues is the basis for the song of the same name. The song places the listener in the perspective of the paramedic and taps into the fear and helplessness we would feel in his place. It concludes by imagining the protagonist driven to defiance rather than despair."

Recorded at Antisleep Audio and produced by Scott Evans (Neurosis, SUMAC, Autopsy), Children was mostly written after Trump's re-election in 2024 and is shaped by the changes that the band observed in America throughout 2025. Through heavy music, satire, and dark humour, they confront toxic masculinity, the online radicalisation of young men, immigration policy, and the inhumanity of modern war.

Speaking about the album, the band explain: "We’ve been working towards this for quite a while; the album was written and recorded during 2025 and the themes of that year definitely form a huge part of it. Since then the band has been focused on touring and we’ve been really enthused by the reaction to the songs live. We’re excited to share them with a wider audience. The themes of the album feel just as present in 2026 as they did last year, dealing as it does with war, the death of innocents and the assault on democracy."

Children artwork

Children tracklist

"37 Days"
"Men of the West"
"Take It Back"
"Atheist Wife"
"Worst Date"
"Shit Breaks"
"Siege"
"Children"