Priapic, in peak tumescence, Wand re-break this surface, their atmospheric river flown in deep and wide. A tune standing alone against the world, “Help Desk” necessarily summons grandeur with a variety of keyboard tones, their lines extending to the far horizon. Oceanic solemnity or just plain chill? Slow-unfurling banners of orchestral colors imply the former, but we FEEL the latter – sweet like the first beam through our diurnal marine layer or a sudden puff of smoke at the Vatican City, indomitably calm among all swirls and eddies. Cory coos nursery chimes and sweet surrender as Wand shudder, ripple and expand, majestically enlarged by the finish. Picking up the pieces of the picked-up pieces, this power ballad’s generated exclusively by soft, silken textures and implied silence.
Not sure where you’re at? Check in with the Help Desk! Match your mind with a new Wand video from director/animator Connor Clarke and Slips Studios, and align yourself proper at the shows below (new dates in bold).
WAND 2024 TOUR DATES:
May 30th - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
May 31st - Morro Bay, CA @ The Siren
June 1st - Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe's Alley
June 2nd - Reno, NV @ Holland Project
June 5th - Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theater
June 7th - Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater*
June 8th - Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge
July 12th - Darien Lake, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater*
July 15th - Toronto, Canada @ Budweiser Stage*
*w/ Red Hot Chili Peppers