Wealthy Women keep raising the stakes ahead of their debut. The San Francisco three-piece just shared “Men of the West,” the third single from their debut album ‘Children’, due 7th August and produced by Scott Evans (Neurosis, SUMAC, Thrice, Autopsy). Where earlier singles drew from the political present, this one reaches into historical conflict to dig at terror, courage, and claustrophobia. It’s a punishing, dramatic piece of writing that hits hardest in its closing minutes.
The group walk through the song’s origins. “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,” they explain. “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.”
‘Children’ is a record shaped by the political weight of 2025. Written largely after 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 shift 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.
The group’s outsider vantage point drives the whole thing. The trio (Don Doblados on bass, Andrew Harms on drums, and Peter Sisk on guitar and vocals) carry a particular distance from their Bay Area home. Doblados is the San Francisco-born son of Filipino immigrants, Harms arrived from Kansas, and Sisk, the chief songwriter, is Irish and only moved to the US in 2017, during the earliest months of the first Trump administration. He’s watched the country shift ever since, and as the album’s subjects grow heavier, the tunings drop lower to match.
“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,” the group say. “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.” Working again with Evans, the group land ‘Children’ with undeniable urgency.
‘Children’ Track Listing:
37 Days
Men of the West
Take It Back
Atheist Wife
Worst Date
Shit Breaks
Siege
Children