Wax Cherubs are back, and this time she’s traded a little bit of the late-night haze for something that flutters a bit closer to the windowpane. The new track “house bird” finds the Milwaukee-and-Chicago-adjacent project leaning into a rock sensibility that feels both lived-in and quietly restless — the kind of song you put on while staring at your coffee and pretending you have your life together.

If you’ve been following Wax Cherubs through work in the Nocturnals Forever orbit (alongside Dizzy Randoms and DJ Megadon), “house bird” will feel like a natural next step that still manages to surprise. The arrangement breathes. The guitars don’t shout — they pace around the room. There’s a homemade warmth to the whole thing, like a demo that grew up and got its own apartment.

It’s a tidy reminder that the Milwaukee underground continues to refuse easy categorization. Hip hop adjacent one minute, rock the next, always honest. Press play, let it loop, and don’t be surprised if “house bird” ends up nesting in your rotation for a while.

Stream “house bird” by Wax Cherubs below: