“Some folks thought The Wans were dead in the water. I like to think we were in hibernation,” says lead singer Simon Kerr of the Nashville based rock band, The Wans. Described as sounding “like The Stooges having a baby with Stone Temple Pilots” by Classic Rock Magazine, the group are welcoming their highly-anticipated fourth LP Magical Touch, which includes 11 songs that showcase a refreshing new approach that is sure to perk up your ears.
Magical Touch will be released on July 26, 2023, which is exactly 11 years to the date of their first release. The band just dropped the visualizer for the third single, “Enough of Your Love,” via Nashville Scene who raves,”Musically, the song proceeds gently and steadily, not unlike many solid relationships, with space amid the Brit-poppy riffs for the muscular guitar tones captured by co-producer and engineer Michael Fahey at Starbird Sound. In the video, the lyrics emerge from impressionistic animations — director Jason Lee Denton notes he had some assistance from artificial intelligence — that draw your eye ever forward through an unfolding landscape.”
The hard-touring Wans have been on the rise for a while now, playing major festivals like Austin City Limits, Voodoo Fest, Forecastle and Hangout Fest, and sharing bills with Pearl Jam, Beck, and Queens of the Stone Age. They recorded their 2014 album He Said She Said, with Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton, Rival Sons), the acclaimed record landed them press at USA Today, NME, Consequence of Sound, The AV Club, and more. Not only that, the band’s music has been featured everywhere from major motion picture Point Break and TV shows like Nashville, Longmire, and Necessary Roughness to a powerhouse commercial for BMW’S 4 Series Gran Coupe, which was soundtracked by the band’s muscular riff rocker “Black Pony.”
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