On Saturday night Baby’s All Right hosted a triple bill featuring Wand, Babes and Scully, an epic night of rock and roll that probably left a few members of the crowd left with a slight case of tinnitus. The tour was a part of Wand’s tour in support of their newly released album Golem (out via In The Red Records).
Local New York City band Scully got the show started. The group is the new band of former Splinters members Caroline, Courtney, and Lauren, as well as The Numerators drummer Burgers. The group pump out highly enjoyable garage rock with some memorable melodies to go along with it. They have a few songs you can check out on their bandcamp page, but stay tuned for more proper releases in the future.
New Orleans group Babes were up next, and didn’t waste anytime making their presence known. Dressed in memorable garments and face paint, the group’s presence grabbed my interest. They dominated the stage with a raging set of fast-paced rock and roll, heightened by their engaging frontman Rhodes Murphy (who sang and played keys). He threw out heaps of confetti and eventually stripped down to just his underwear. It was a wildly memorable and entertaining performance, one that ended with Murphy going into the crowd, triumphantly creating a final memory that no one in the crowd will forget anytime soon.
Let’s just get this out of the way right now. If you haven’t caught a live set from Wand, you should probably correct that as soon as possible. The L.A. band is led by Cory Hanson, whose played with Mikal Cronin and Meatbodies. So that should give you an idea of the fierce intensity that Wand bring to the stage, the sort of blistering loud set that would make Ty Segall smile. The inclusion of synths give them a similar glam element at play with their psychedelic twists, the same elements that Ty has also been toying with recently, a nice touch to the ear-piercing wave of destruction that they lay upon their crowds.
They had the crowd at Baby’s All Right in a fever state well into the wee hours of Sunday morning, helped by the constant movements by Cory Hanson, who becomes a full fledged rock star, demonstrating many rock poses and swinging that axe of his while simultaneously shredding. It was a heavy set that featured many tracks off their rock solid new record Golem, as well as a very heavy cover of David Bowie’s “Station to Station.”
Sure the comparisons will certainly come from related acts like Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees, but make no mistake, Wand are very much their own entity, ready to break out even further. If they keep releasing great records and putting on unforgettable performances like they did at Baby’s All Right on Saturday, they will be well on their way.
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