Wealthy Women share new single “Men of the West“
Taken from debut album Children, out 7th August
San Francisco three-piece Wealthy Women today share “Men of the West,” the third single from their debut album Children, due 7th August, and produced by Scott Evans (Neurosis, SUMAC, Thrice, Autopsy).
“Men of the West” stands apart from the album’s other singles in its setting. Where “Take It Back” and “37 Days” drew from the political present, this track looks to the past – finding in historical conflict a way to explore themes of terror, courage, and claustrophobia that felt too close to render direct.
Of the single, the band explain: “The war in Ukraine was never far from our thoughts during the writing process. With ‘Men of the West’ I wanted to explore themes that are common in war throughout history, but it felt inauthentic to try to place myself in the context of a modern, high-tech conflict. Instead, I turned to the past, where those same themes of terror, courage and claustrophobia are heightened by the reality of an inescapable situation. Musically, it makes with metal tropes, from the grinding opening to the sing-song refrain bellowed over almost unreasonably busy riffage. The song builds to its conclusion with a dramatic switch to half time – a crowd favourite moment at live shows – as the protagonist gathers his men for their final stand.”
Listen to “Men of the West” HERE
Children is a record shaped by the political weight of 2025. Written largely in the wake of Trump’s re-election and recorded at Antisleep Audio in Oakland, the album moves between outrage and grief across eight tracks, using satire and dark observational humour to vary the emotional register. Its subjects include toxic masculinity and the online radicalisation of young men, the human cost of immigration policy, and the inhumanity of modern war. The title track closes the album in mourning for the children of Gaza and Ukraine.
More about Wealthy Women
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. Written largely in the wake of Trump’s re-election in 2024 and shaped by the rising tide of despair throughout 2025, the album 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 their long awaited debut album announcement the band say: “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.”
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.”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. “Worst Date” stares down the misogyny peddled by the Manosphere. “Shit Breaks” is a quiet, devastating account of spousal abuse. “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. “Men of the West” stands apart as the lyrical outlier, drawing its horror not from the present but from the deep past.
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. On Children, the urgency is undeniable.
Children is out on the 7th of August, 2026.
Pre-order Children HERE
Children tracklist:
37 Days
Men of the West
Take It Back
Atheist Wife
Worst Date
Shit Breaks
Siege
Children
Children artwork by Anastasiia Sapon
Wealthy Women are:
Peter Sisk – guitar/vocals
Don Doblados – bass
Andrew Harms – drums
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