The Wants are an American no wave band from New York City.

Madison Velding-VanDam and Jason Gates first met in the Brooklyn music scene in 2014 and formed The Wants in 2016.

[4] In 2018 and 2019 they began recording and touring, including in 2019 performing at SXSW,[5] ahead of their first studio album, Container, which came out on March 13, 2020.

[6] Container was met with positive critical reviews.

[7] In an interview with AdHoc Magazine, Velding-VanDam described their sound as a fusion of Detroit techno and New York City post-punk.