“You can do what you want to do (every day is yours)/ Baby, it’s your life/ (That’s right) It’s such a sick ride.” That’s Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites, Wishy’s dual vocalists and songwriters, wrapping their voices around each other, symbiotic, coming to terms to with a conclusion: Life is, simply put, fucking crazy. In the whirlwind first few years of the band, there had been breakups, new love affairs, and yearning all while Wishy stormed the indie scene as an instantly beloved new act. That revelation by way of pep-talk arrives in the chorus of “Sensational.” Originating through Krauter’s experimentation with drum loops, the song is what should be an unholy fusion of sugary grunge and dream-pop. Yet Wishy’s latest jubilant remix of the past bears all their trademarks: zany lyrics transfiguring melancholia into freedom, an instant classic chorus that already feels like an old friend. It’s all quintessentially Wishy, and yet unlike any Wishy song you’ve yet heard—which made it the perfect song to give their vibrant sophomore album Nature’s Pill its name. Wishy’s origins go way back, to when Krauter and Pitchkites met in high school in Indianapolis. Some years and a few projects later, they joined forces to form Wishy, rounding out the lineup with guitarist Dimitri Morris, bassist Mitch Collins, and drummer Conner Host. The group’s musical synergy was intense from the jump and the beginning of their career has been a prolific burst: the Mana and Paradise EPs in 2023, debut LP Triple Seven in 2024, and a follow-up EP Planet Popstar in 2025. After those releases met acclaim and the band’s stature rose, the conception of Nature’s Pill was fundamentally different. “The songs were still flowing, but this album was more intentional,” Pitchkites says. “There was also some pressure of knowing we were working toward a definitive project,” Krauter adds, drawing a line from the early days when the band had a vault of material but hadn’t yet built an audience.
