After serving as a principal songwriter for sophomoric New York garage rock band the Beets, Juan Wauters embarked on a solo career that explored far more stripped-down moods. Recording minimal songs often centered on just his voice and acoustic guitar, Wauters sang his light and child-like songs in both Spanish and English on albums like 2014's NAP: North American Poetry and 2019's highly collaborative travelog La Onda de Juan Pablo. 2021's eclectic Real Life Situations saw him teaming up with Mac DeMarco among others, on an album that celebrated community even as he was working solo. ~ Fred Thomas