The Wands Post Video for “Faces”; New EP out Sept. 5
Posted in Bootleg Theater on August 31st, 2016 by JJ Koczan
If you look at the tour dates below for Danish outfit The Wands, you’ll notice no fewer than three dates feature are billed as ‘Psych Fest.’ If that’s a running theme, then fair enough for the classically lysergic sounds the four-piece conjure and toward which the vibes of their new video for “Faces” seem to be directly leaning.
The track comes from their upcoming EP of the same name, which is out Sept. 5 on Fuzz Club Records as the follow-up to their 2014 debut long-player, The Dawn and their first EP, 2012’s Hello I Know the Blow You Grow is Magic, as well as a single or two, and it brings together a modern sense of tonality and production with classic, late-’60s psychedelic pop in a way that feels otherworldly while remaining grounded in a definite and traditional structure. A languid vibe permeates, and the hook provides noteworthy landmarks along the way.
I’ll confess I haven’t heard the full EP yet, but if this is the molten shape of the thing, I’d like to. Fuzz Club is taking orders now at the link below, and of course you’ll also find The Wands‘ aforementioned tour routing down there under the video. They seem to carry the notion of ‘psych fest’ wherever they go, and at least in “Faces,” they go pretty far out.
Enjoy:
The Wands, “Faces” official video
Taken from the EP ‘Faces’ by The Wands.
Release 05.09.16 on Fuzz Club Records
Get a copy of the EP here: http://goo.gl/tesQoZ
Directed and produced by Mathias Riis (www.magma-cph.com)
TOUR DATES – FALL 2016
SEP 04 – DK – COPENHAGEN – PAVILLONEN VED KARENSMINDE
SEP 09 – ES – ZARAGOZA – ZARAGOZA PSYCH FEST
SEP 10 – ES – BARCELONA – UPLOAD
SEP 21 – DK – ODENSE – POSTEN
SEP 23 – DK – RANDERS – VON HATTEN
SEP 30 – DK – SØNDERBORG – SØNDERBORGHUS
SEP 30 – DK – AARHUS – AARHUS PSYCH FEST
OCT 01 – DK – AALBORG – STUDENTERHUSET
OCT 14 – UK – LONDON – THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
OCT 16 – FR – PARIS – LE POINT EPHEMERE
OCT 21 – FR – LYON – LE SONIC
OCT 26 – IT – CARPI – MATTATOIO
OCT 28 – IT – TORTONA – DAZEBAO
OCT 29 – IT – RAVENNA – CLUB BRONSON
NOV 03 – NL – AMSTERDAM – STUDIO K
NOV 11 – NO – OSLO – OSLO PSYCH FEST
More shows TBA
Song credits:
Written and performed by The Wands
Mixed and engineered by William Smith
Mastered by Emil Thomsen
Recorded in Black Tornado Studios Copenhagen in 2016
The Wands are Christian Skibdal, Mads Gräs, Kristoffer Hvidberg and Thomas Brandt
