Cosy-punk puzzler ‘Wax Heads’ soundtrack is coming to vinyl

The soundtrack to independent record store game Wax Heads is getting a vinyl release.

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Released earlier this year, the cosy–punk puzzler sees you working at indie vinyl store Repeater Records where your main task is recommending kick–ass bands to an eclectic stream of customers.

For the Wax Heads soundtrack, composer Gina Loughlin wrote original music for a number of made–up bands. Now those songs are getting a vinyl release.

“Drop the needle on a stacked soundtrack and immerse yourself in nostalgic gems. The soundtrack features 25 curated tracks spanning across many genres, bands, and eras,” reads the description from Super Rare Games. “From grimy basement bangers to dreamy indie deep cuts. It’s a playlist built to loop in your head long after you clock out.”

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The 2LP set features 25 tracks pressed on “colour in colour” wax, meaning every vinyl looks unique, alongside full colour sleeve and exclusive inner art. Pre–orders for the Wax Heads vinyl go live tomorrow (October 8) here.

COMING SOON: Wax Heads 🎧

Work in a struggling record store, chat with quirky customers, discover new music and get caught up in band drama!

Releasing physically to Switch AND Vinyl! 🎶 pic.twitter.com/jhhxNdr61B

— Super Rare Games (@SuperRareGames) October 1, 2026

The ‘Wax Heads’ vinyl tracklist is:

SIDE A
‘Give Yourself Up to the Music\
‘Time to Rek–Rek– Recommend’
‘Unstoppable’ – Mimi
‘Stick a Stick in My Eye’ – Sister
‘Gaffa Tape’ – Brick Dog
‘It’s Tuesday’ – Ego, Sunny Side Up

SIDE B
‘Davey B’ – Da Knees
‘The Enemy Within’ – Jarhead
‘We Keep On Dancing, Even When the Lights Come Up’ – Pink So
‘You Know (Optimistic Version)’ – RXX & EZ Circle
‘Males Herbes’ – Nia Pixel
‘Romantique’ – Roberta D

SIDE C
‘Desperate Crowd’ – Becoming Violet
‘Under My Skin’ – Lea Webber
‘Misunderstand’ – Girl Junk
‘Nimbus Joyride’ – Claw Dia
‘El Rosal’ – Maria Estrella
‘A Taste of Victory’ – Willow

SIDE D
‘Pinky Pays for Weapons, Not Schools’ – Bad Toes
‘Gliff Glove’ – Mimi
‘The Fox Within the Wolves’ – Teddy Tom and the Two Stans
‘Time’ – Abi Elliot–Tharpe
‘Take It’ – Becoming Violet
‘Dreaming in Guitars (Credits Song)’
‘Give Yourself Up to the Music (Acoustic)’

“I admit, there probably is an overly romantic idealism about community and music in Wax Heads but bands like Fugazi [whose acclaimed 1990 debut ‘Repeater’ gave the virtual store its name] really meant something to me,” Wax Heads co-creator Murray Somerwolff told NME earlier this year. “And if we’re making a world where community matters, you have to have some of those [punk] values in there. If you didn’t, Wax Heads would feel a little empty.”