Laughing Matter

Description

THE NEW ALBUM FROM THE CALIFORNIAN PSYCH-ROCK GROUP Less than two years after *Plum*, the polymorphic Californians of Wand announce their fifth album, *Laughing Matter*. Wand is the mutant yet easily recognizable collaboration between Sofia Arreguin (keyboards, vocals), Cory Hanson (guitar, vocals), Robert Cody (guitar), Lee Landey (bass), and Evan Burrows (drums). *Laughing Matter* bears the hallmarks of confidence and fervor from a band that has lived, struggled, and grown together through years of touring and recording, across different continents and in varying states of mind. In an increasingly individualistic world, Wand listens to each other, and it shows. Recorded in a decadent America, *Laughing Matter* is a drunken ghost lost in a funhouse. The music is distilled and sculpted from a pile of collected improvisation ashes; the methods and instrumentation are handmade in the pure tradition of rock 'n' roll. Yet, the fanciful arrangements and exuberant songwriting of the first single "Scarecrow" push Wand into new territories destined for the band's future sound. *Laughing Matter* is an album about love in an age of terror, showing you the way out of the labyrinth of trauma we all wander through. The 15 songs on this album diffuse their energy to accompany you on a planet that can no longer bear its human aggressors. Shake hands with your old demons, let your pathologies fall asleep, hold your soul precious, and let your body do the rest, *Laughing Matter* is there for you.