Microwave formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2012 and have grown heavier and more aggressive with every record, sitting somewhere between emo, indie rock, and post-hardcore. Death Is a Warm Blanket (2019) is the gut-punch; Let's Start Degeneracy (2024) is the confident follow-up. Shop Microwave vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Microwave formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2012. They have moved through No Sleep Records, SideOneDummy Records, and Pure Noise Records across their catalog. Their work has been positioned within the contemporary emo and indie rock scenes alongside contemporaries like Tigers Jaw, the Hotelier, and others, with heavier and progressively more aggressive approaches across their catalog.
Microwave's sound combines emo, indie rock, alternative rock, post-hardcore, math rock, and grunge with Hardy's distinctive vocal delivery, intricate guitar arrangements, and lyrical content addressing relationships, mental health, religion, and personal experience.
No Sleep, SideOneDummy, and Pure Noise pressings of the Microwave catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Microwave typically start with Death Is a Warm Blanket (2019) or Let's Start Degeneracy (2024).
