Wand by Wand

"Instead of hushed bedroom confessions, Derek’s yelpy vocals hint at grander visions and fit nicely with arrangements as suited for live venues as private headphone listening parties. The mix of chimes, banjo and guitar that dance around the intimate “A Light Is Above You” is as warm and comforting as a flannel sheet (and ensures fans of early efforts by the band won’t be lost), but when the foursome put the pedal to the floor on tracks like slow building “Ferocious King” and “Royal Blood” you can easily envision how the roof could get blown off a gritty bar when the band takes the stage."

Bryan Acker,
-Herohill

Tracklist

1.	Spirit Molds	6:41

2.	There Is Smoke All Around The Sides Of Your Bed	2:58

3.	Cathedral Bells	5:37

4.	Microphones In The Trees	4:59

5.	Skeletundra	3:31

6.	A Light Is Above You	5:04

7.	Wooden Half-Arrow	4:54

8.	Royal Blood	3:36

9.	Ferocious King	5:54

10.	Hand Of Destroyer	3:54

11.	I Cut Off Both My Hands	3:38

Credits

released December 23, 2010

Wand is, on these recordings,

Derek Janzen - acoustic guitar, drum set, voices, casio, piano, trumpet, auto-harp, glockenspiel, xylophone, bass guitar, dx-9, auto-harp

Ashton Klassen - drums, accordion, keyboards, voices, auto-harp

Jordan Soles - electric guitar, piano, voices, banjo

Josh Soles - piano, casio

All Songs written by Derek Janzen
All Lyrics written by Derek Janzen except for Ferocious King written by Magnus Vontiesenhausen
Recored and Mixed by Ashton Klassen in and around Grande Prairie, AB and Victoria BC, from May 2009 - November 2010.
All Songs Copyright Wand
Art by Magnus Vontiesenhausen

Many thanks to Ashton Klassen, Magnus Vontiesenhausen, Jordan and Josh Soles, Courtney Loberg, Christopher Rodgers, Cody Flynn, Jessie Friesen, Stacy Lloyd Brown, Matt and Kate Ediger, Dalen Landis, Adam O'Reilly, Tyler Butler and you.

Contact:
derek.james.janzen@gmail.com
wandmusic.tumblr.com
crystalcountryrecs.com

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