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Sep 20, 2017Wand’s many talents are given full plumage on Plum. It will be interesting to see in what directions the band surveys in future albums. For now, this is about as interesting a new rock record you could hope to listen to.
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UncutSep 20, 2017Plum feels very much like a landmark in his still-fresh career. [Oct 2017, p.38]
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Nov 15, 2017What a remarkable record--weird, yet compelling, in equal parts dissonance and luminosity; a seductive tease that nevertheless exudes the kind of warm familiarity that marks the best indie rock.
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Oct 2, 2017Wand are a special band, and the new emotional range suits them.
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MagnetSep 20, 2017Fear not, this is a kick-ass rock'n'roll record all the way around. [No. 146, p.61]
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Sep 27, 2017In only two years, Wand has mirrored the maturation of the genre itself, moving from the youthful verve of “Tutti Frutti” toward rich, emotional terrain.
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Oct 25, 2017While Wand’s leap forward didn’t live up to some of the expectations I’d had via 1000 Days, the light and engaging Charles De Gaulle and nicely-arranged harmonizing in Driving wouldn’t exist if not for the band’s efforts to do so with Plum.
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Sep 20, 2017“Blue Cloud” vibes like a prog-rock jam minus any pretense. Elsewhere on the album, the five-piece creates gentle beauty during “Charles De Gaulle,” a work that, like many Wand songs, shifts gears two-thirds of the way through, this one with the introduction of tribal tom-toms and bells.
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Sep 20, 2017They manage to balance quieter, more serene moments with bombast and wildness, ending the album with the two longest tracks on the album.
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MojoOct 24, 2017It's no double-set, however, its sprawl contained within 10 tracks and 42 minutes. [Dec 2017, p.91]
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Sep 20, 2017It's a clunky end to a disappointing album; one that sounds less like a reinvention and more like a giant step down a path best left unexplored further. Maybe they can strip back down to a trio, get their pedals back, and return to being a first class psych band instead of second rate indie rock troubadours.