Dawes Makes Splash With ‘Comes In Waves’ Performance On ‘Kimmel’

Dawes appeared on Tuesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. The Los Angeles-based band did not have far to travel to deliver a performance of “Comes In Waves” for the late-night talk show audience.

Dawes recorded “Comes In Waves” for their 2022 album, Misadventures Of Doomscroller. The album was a bit of a sonic departure for Dawes as the band consisting of guitarist Taylor Goldsmith, his brother, drummer Griffin Goldsmith, bassist Wylie Gelber and keyboardist Lee Pardini embraced an expansive approach with producer Jonathan Wilson, resulting in a seven-song, 45-minute album containing two songs that stretched beyond nine minutes.

The studio version of “Comes In Waves” was released as a single and features longtime collaborator Mike Viola on backing vocals. Regarding the song, Taylor Goldsmith stated:

“I had this riff and one of the verses for a while. Griffin, Wylie and Mike Viola came over to my backyard – this was peak Covid – to just play music together for one of the first times since lockdown. I started sharing the song and Griffin and Mike started singing their background parts you hear on the choruses on the record immediately. It inspired me to finish writing it. The lyric is about the arbitrary demands I make on myself. I want to perceive me or my life a certain way but I make no exceptions for an off day or a misstep. Whether it’s a win or a loss, it’s all transient, and only when I can live in some version of that awareness – which is itself transient – am I able to bat away any fears or anxieties or the consequences of an overindulged ego.”

Watch Dawes, accompanied by Viola and touring guitarist Trevor Menear perform “Comes In Waves” — with slightly altered lyrics — on Jimmy Kimmel Live below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGughjp44Co