White, Wrench, Conservatory. just might be the best musical surprise of the summer. Releasing its self-titled debut last month, the band is suddenly all over the place. And that's a good thing.

Fronted by leading lady Dixie Jacobs -- whose permeating vocals fiercely introduce the album to the airwaves -- W,W,C. is a three-piece that feels like a musical force of nature.

Matt Slater's mathy guitar parts intersect layered harmonies and dancey percussion, creating a flexible dynamic that runs the gamut from dreamy shoegaze to jolting bouts of new wave rock that commands your undivided attention. This is one to keep on your radar, folks.

We caught up with drummer Thom Geibel to see what he had to say about the band now that the record is out and to find out what's in store for us when the trio takes the Points East Pub stage on Thursday, Aug. 2.

OMC: What should the previously uninformed know, first and foremost, about the band before going to your show?

T.G.: Well, they should know is that it was really Miss White with the rope in the billiard room. Poor Yvette. And they call that the real ending of the movie. Pah. Let me tell you my ending. Wait ... maybe not. But let's just say it involves Yvette, a bottle of scotch, and a bear rug. Anyways, I don't know. It's hard to say. I guess people should know that if they see us out, they could buy us drink and then we can tell them anything they want to know about White, Wrench, Conservatory. Or the physics of black holes. Or how the development of the cosmopolitan self might lead to the enlightenment, but not so much in a Kantian way. Probably not that last one.

OMC: Suddenly, it seems as if your band is everywhere -- tons of shows, radio play on WMSE, press attention. How did you sneak up on Milwaukee and make it adore you, even before the record was out?

T.G.: This is probably a combination of things. Mostly cold medicine and coffee. Like a battle royale to see which one overpowers the other. Really I think it's Dixie. She's a super sweet person to everyone and she's a good networker. She actually cares about a lot of the music scene. She keeps good track of the happenings of bands, clubs, etc. I can bareley keep up with my laundry.

Also, I think we're doing something different in Milwaukee. Albeit, I don't mean that in a pretentious, we're-gonna-change-the-face-of-music-forever way. It's all been done. There are other bands that have the same set-up as us. But I think it's the approach and the style we take to the tunes based upon our musical experience -- this is the first band I've drummed in, Slater's first band where he's used any guitar pedals, and Dixie's first band ever. We try different things just because. Also having a really strong vocalist helps.