Well, that was fast: Just four months after releasing their previous LP, California psych rockers Wand have announced another album, titled 1000 Days. Due September 25th, what makes this one so special is that it marks the band’s Drag City debut. For those, keeping count, this means the trio will have released three albums in just over a year, starting with last summer’s Ganglion Reef, continuing with this past spring’s Golem, and keep on keepin’ on with this fall release. Watch out, Ty Segall!
1000 Days was recorded in the band’s hometowns of Los Angeles and San Francisco, and you can see the cover art above. If we’re to believe a press release, the album “finds Wand searching in corners and finding extra texture via synthetic animation. The atmosphere is quicksilver and the space acoustic; as a beacon sparks electric, a cascade of hi-fi noises for everyone’s ears – raucous, impassive, inevitable musical expressions. The hope is to use your head, to escape the chains wrapped invisible around us.”
Put that mindfuck of a description to good use by listening to “Stolen Footsteps” below. Shortly after, you can check out the album’s tracklist and see if they’re coming to your town this fall during their world tour. Spoiler: They probably are.
1000 Days Tracklisting:
01. Grave Robber
02. Broken Sun
03. Paintings Are Dead
04. Dungeon Dropper
05. Dovetail
06. 1000 Days
07. Lower Order
08. Sleepy Dog
09. Stolen Footsteps
10. Passage Of The Dream
11. Little Dream
12. Morning Rainbow
Wand 2015 Tour Dates:
07/17 – Los Angeles, CA @ MOCA
07/29 – San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
07/31 – Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon
08/14 – Saint Malo, FR @ Route du Rock Festival
08/18 – Haarlem, NL @ Pastronaat Café
08/19 – Luxembourg, LU @ Exit 07
08/20 – Brussels, BE @ Homeplugged (house show)
08/21 – Charleville-Meziere, FR @ Cabaret Vert festival
08/22 – Trondheim, NO @ P Stereo Festival
08/23 – Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
08/27 – Dublin, IE @ Whelan’s
08/28 – Paris, FR @ Rock En Sein Festival
08/29 – Geneva, CH @ L’Usine
09/01 – Zurich, CH @ Kinski Club
09/03 – Lisbon, PT @ Lux Fragil
09/04 – Vlieland, NL @ Into The Great Wide Open Festival
09/05 – Maastricht, NL @ Bruis Festival
09/06 – Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset, UK @ End Of The Road Festival
09/07 – Bristol, UK @ The Exchange
09/08 – Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store
09/09 – London, UK @ Electrowerks Upstairs
09/10 – Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen
09/11 – Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
09/12 – Birmingham, UK @ Rainbow House
09/13 – Le Havre, FR @ Le Tetris
09/14 – Tilburg, NL @ Incubate Festival
09/15 – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
09/16 – Helsinki, FI @ Kuudes Linja
09/17 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix club show
09/18 – Angers, FR @ Levitation Festival
09/19 – Leffinge, BE @ Leffingeleuren Festival
09/21 – Barcelona, ES @ BAM Festival
10/31 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom w/ Mac DeMarco
11/01 – Seattle, WA @ Narwhal
11/03 – Missoula, MT @ The Real Lounge
11/05 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Entry
11/06 – Iowa City, IA @ Witching Hour Festival
11/07 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
11/10 – Toronto, ON @ Adelaide Hall
11/11 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
11/12 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East (upstairs)
11/13 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
11/14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade NYC
11/15 – Washington, DC @ DC9
11/16 – Asheville, NC @ Tiger Mountain
11/18 – Atlanta, GA @ 529
11/19 – Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone
11/20 – New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
11/21 – Austin, TX @ Red 7 (inside)
11/22 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
11/24 – Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture
11/25 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
