Waitress, the band
Waitress is a Los Angeles “weird rock” project. Bandcamp centers Kennedy Rubio, names Sam Knapp on bass, and Ella Devine on drums. On Here Come The Cats, Rubio is also credited with voice, guitars, bass, synths, and extra live drums, Brian Mendez plays sax, and Sensu produces. That player list is the Bandcamp note for this track, one source.
Not the musical
Search pages love to mix this band up with the musical Waitress. Sara Bareilles wrote the musical’s music and lyrics, and Jessie Nelson wrote its book. Paledoptera’s game credits go out of their way to write “Waitress! (the band, not the musical).” If you came here from a pie-shop plot, you want a different work. If you came for the cats lyric, stay on the single.
Releases the stores list
Apple’s list, as captured for this page, includes Rubio’s Lament (2025), We Own You (2024), Playpool (2026), Merry Mephisto (2025), The Bad Place (2024), Wedding, Funeral (2025), Stealing the Keys to the Time Machine (2026), and the Hell In A Handbasket EP (2025). Bandcamp also shows The Very Thing That You Hate and Here Come The Cats, both dated September 2026 on that page. The September date is the same Bandcamp date that disagrees with Genius and Apple on the single. I do not “fix” it.
Style tags on Bandcamp include alternative, post-punk revival, alternative rock, zolo, and Los Angeles. A Seattle suggestion in autocomplete contradicts the Los Angeles bio. The bio wins.
Related
Questions
Is this the Broadway musical?
No. Sara Bareilles wrote its music and lyrics; Jessie Nelson wrote the book. This Waitress is a band. The cat game’s credits spell the distinction out.
Are they from Seattle?
A search suggestion says Seattle. The Bandcamp page says Los Angeles. I follow the page the band controls.
When did the band start?
I do not have a year I trust. A second-hand date floated in a search snippet, and I left it off.
Sources
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