by Bill Pearis

Like their pal Ty Segall, LA's Wand keep busy. They just released their second album, Golem, in March and they've just announced that their third, 1000 Days, will be out in September. This will be their first for Drag City and, while Wand are known for rippers, they stretch out here for a more nuanced sound, embracing thick, warm analog synths and acoustic guitars (as well as a variety of stomp boxes). "Stolen Footsteps," the first taste of 1000 Days, has a pastoral vibe that owes more than a little to Eno's Another Green World. It's a good one and you can stream it below.

Wand will be on tour for much of 2015's second half, including an extensive North American trek, and anybody who has seen the band in the last year can tell you they're absolutely worth catching. They'll stop in NYC for two shows: November 13 at Mercury Lounge and November 14 at Rough Trade. Tickets for both NYC shows go on sale Friday (7/10) at noon.

You may have seen Wand frontman Cory Hanson in NYC recently, opening for a couple of Ty Segall's acoustic shows. All Wand tour dates are listed, along with 1000 Days' artwork/tracklist and the "Stolen Footsteps" stream, below...



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WAND - 1000 Days tracklist

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

Fri. July 17 - Los Angeles, CA @ MOCA

Wed. July 29 - San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall

Fri. July 31 - Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon

Sat. Aug. 1 - Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon

Fri. Aug. 14 - Saint Malo, FR @ Route du Rock Festival

Tue. Aug. 18 - Haarlem, NL @ Pastronaat Café

Wed. Aug. 19 - Luxembourg, LU @ Exit 07

Thu. Aug. 20 - Brussels, BE @ Homeplugged (house show)

Fri. Aug. 21 - Charleville-Meziere, FR @ Cabaret Vert festival

Sat. Aug. 22 - Trondheim, NO @ P Stereo Festival

Sun. Aug. 23 - Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival

Thu. Aug. 27 - Dublin, IE @ Whelan's

Fri. Aug. 28 - Paris, FR @ Rock En Sein Festival

Sat. Aug. 29 - Geneva, CH @ L'Usine

Tue. Sept. 1 - Zurich, CH @ Kinski Club

Thu. Sept. 3 - Lisbon, PT @ Lux Fragil

Fri. Sept. 4 - Vlieland, NL @ Into The Great Wide Open Festival

Sat. Sept. 5 - Maastricht, NL @ Bruis Festival

Sun. Sept. 6 - Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset, UK @ End Of The Road Festival

Mon. Sept. 7 - Bristol, UK @ The Exchange

Tue. Sept. 8 - Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store

Wed. Sept. 9 - London, UK @ Electrowerks Upstairs

Thu. Sept. 10 - Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen

Fri. Sept. 11 - Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast

Sat. Sept. 12 - Birmingham, UK @ Rainbow House

Sun. Sept. 13 - Le Havre, FR @ Le Tetris

Mon. Sept. 14 - Tilburg, NL @ Incubate Festival

Tue. Sept. 15 - Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen

Wed. Sept. 16 - Helsinki, FI @ Kuudes Linja

Thu. Sept. 17 - Antwerp, BE @ Trix club show

Fri. Sept. 18 - Angers, FR @ Levitation Festival

Sat. Sept. 19 - Leffinge, BE @ Leffingeleuren Festival

Mon. Sept. 21 - Barcelona, ES @ BAM Festival

Sat. Oct. 31 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom w/ Mac DeMarco

Sun. Nov. 1 - Seattle, WA @ Narwhal

Tue. Nov. 3 - Missoula, MT @ The Real Lounge

Thu. Nov. 5 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Entry

Fri. Nov. 6 - Iowa City, IA @ Witching Hour Festival

Sat. Nov. 7 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle

Tue. Nov. 10 - Toronto, ON @ Adelaide Hall

Wed. Nov. 11 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz

Thu. Nov. 12 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East (upstairs)

Fri. Nov. 13 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge

Sat. Nov. 14 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade NYC

Sun. Nov. 15 - Washington, DC @ DC9

Mon. Nov. 16 - Asheville, NC @ Tiger Mountain

Wed. Nov. 18 - Atlanta, GA @ 529

Thu. Nov. 19 - Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone

Fri. Nov. 20 - New Orleans, LA @ Siberia

Sat. Nov. 21 - Austin, TX @ Red 7 (inside)

Sun. Nov. 22 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace

Tue. Nov. 24 - Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture

Wed. Nov. 25 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar