#3365 Wand - Plum

4.5/5
Wand's a full-band creative force now, and Plum's a refreshing is-this-the-same-band detour. Sweeping and twinkling and swooping, and occasionally ripping off a guitar killshot, sure. But Wand's left most of the Ty Segall baggage behind, outgrown their garage rock housing, and bloomed into something prettier and harder to pin down. Shades of the early 90's when Radiohead, STP and the Pumpkins were overrunning their hard-rock confines.

Even the post-halftime lull kinda works, when it leads into the two longest songs on the album, each enchanting enough to jostle your sense of how long you've been listening.