San Francisco three-piece Wealthy Women today share “Men of the West,” the third single from their debut album Children, due 7th August, and produced by Scott Evans (Neurosis, SUMAC, Thrice, Autopsy).

“Men of the West” stands apart from the album’s other singles in its setting. Where “Take It Back” and “37 Days” drew from the political present, this track looks to the past – finding in historical conflict a way to explore themes of terror, courage, and claustrophobia that felt too close to render direct.

Of the single, the band explain: “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. 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 in the wake of 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 vary 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.