Artist:Wand
Song:Rio Grande
Album:Laughing Matter
Wand is s Los Angeles based neo psychedelic band that have had success as an album and touring band. They've been around since 2013 so that makes me wonder if the natives are getting restless. Before forming Wand, lead singer and guitarist Cory Hanson recorded as W.H.I.T.E. and played guitar with singer songwriter Mikal Cronin and in the bands Together Panagea and Meatbodies. He decoded to form a new band with former art school classmates Evan Burrows and Lee Landey. Landey didn't stay but Burrows is still the drummer. Hanson decided to call the band Wand which I think is too generic. Hanson says that was deliberate. They toured with Ty Segall and released the 2014 album Ganglion Reef on Segall's label God? with distribution from the Chicago based indie label Drag City. Wand is still on Drag City. For the 2015 album 1000 Days, guitarist Daniel Martens and bassist Lee Landey left. Meanwhile, Hanson considered self producing and that's what Wand has done ever since. Hanson and Burrows write and produce everything. Rio Grande is from the 2019 album Laughing Matter. Lee Landey was still playing bass on the album. He just wasn't touring because he has a family. They went on hiatus and Hanson recorded a couple of solo albums. They finally replaced Landey with Evan Becker for a 2022 tour. The album Vertigo was released in 2024. They toured earlier this year but they are off the road right now. There has been talk that Hanson may go solo or have Wand record more mainstream music to get on a major label to get a hit single. I don't know what he will do but the constant touring must be a grind. Here's the video for Rio Grande by Wand. And yes, the video was deliberately produced like this.
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