Wasps vs Humans

This autumn, Wasps vs Humans (WvH) release their second album, The Day Homo Sapiens Destroyed the Earth, on Friday 2 October 2026. The release also marks the band’s first-ever vinyl pressing, in partnership with Anthem Vinyl.

Recorded between Dublin and Cork, the album is the culmination of two years of gigging, capturing the raw energy of the live show in a harder, grittier yet more melodic sound. Heavy guitar riffs and thundering beats collide with harmonies, folk influences, whistles and bodhrán — though there’s not a trad song in sight.

At its core, the album is a darkly humorous take on humanity’s seemingly unstoppable pursuit of destroying itself and the planet. It’s doom, death, war and social decay viewed through the WvHs lens: angry, absurd, sarcastic and sometimes painfully close to the bone.

BANG BANG (You’re Dead) sets the tone. Childhood games of pretending to kill become PlayStation battles, drone warfare and adults playing war for real. My Country’s Like A Broken Pen turns its gaze towards a broken society, while Are You Having A Good Dream brings things closer to home, asking what happened to the hopes and dreams we once had. Death Chamber Visits confronts murder and responsibility head-on: whoever pulls the trigger, murder is murder. And America is never far away — a culture where school shooting drills have become part of everyday life, yet remains unable to confront its obsession with guns. At the top of the pile sits the ultimate ode to America’s current president: God Is Not On Trump’s Side. No explanation needed. And beneath all the noise, anger and absurdity, Dead Volcanoes turns inward, touching on loss and those who didn’t make it through life’s fight.

WvHs are an anarchic mix of drums, bodhrán, whistles, punk poetry, songs and beats. A sonic assault, their brand of electronic punk-folk energy tackles disappointment, inner-city crime, a fame-obsessed culture and social decay with a huge dollop of desperation, balanced by equal measures of anger and wit, creating a darkly humorous soundtrack to modern life.

Initially a solo project, WvHs’ punk poet/drummer Carl Antony Plover has opened for the likes of John Cooper Clarke, Whipping Boy and Mark E. Smith’s The Fall. He has released an album and single with ’80s avant-garde band 4,000,000 Telephones, receiving critical acclaim in the UK national press and airplay on John Peel’s BBC Radio show.

Since joining forces with musician wife Linda Plover in 2024, WvHs have continued to expand their sound, with live shows that surge with intensity. Electronic beats fuse with distorted guitars; poems are screamed straight into your face, alongside post-punk hooks, making every set as confrontational as it is uncompromising and raw.

AUTUMN ALBUM TOUR DATES 2026

Fri Oct 2 @6pm - Spindizzy Records, Dublin
Instore & signing

Sat Oct 3 @ 4pm– Crane Lane Theatre, Cork 'Official Cork Album Launch'
HEADLINE SHOW with special guests THEWLIS

Fri Oct 9 @8.30pm – Thomas House, Dublin
special guests to JINX LENNON

Fri Oct 23 @ 8.30pm – Cleere's Theatre, Kilkenny
TRIPLE BILL with JINX LENNON / WASPS vs HUMANS / CAPTAIN MOONLIGHT

Sat Oct 31 @1pm - Music Zone,Cork
Instore & signing

Fri Nov 6 @8.30pm – Spirit Store Dundalk
special guests to JINX LENNON

Sat Nov 7 @1pm - The Steamboat, Limerick
Instore and signing

Sat Nov 14 @8.30pm – Thomas House, Dublin 'Official Dublin Album Launch'
HEADLINE SHOW with special guests THEWLIS

Fri Nov 20 @8.30pm - Record Rooms, Limerick
HEADLINE SHOW with special guests JAPANESE JESUS

Fri Dec 4 @8.30pm – Coughlans Live, Cork
Double Bill with JINX LENNON

Album

The Day Homo Sapiens Destroyed the Earth

Release Date: 2 October 2026

Available digitally and on vinyl through Anthem Vinyl.