Nashville's The Wans have been in a sort of hibernation for 7 years and their return is at just the right time as a new wave of Guitar bands have emerged to chastise those who gleefully told all that the instrument was dead. It was never so, it was just resting.
There has been great Guitar Rock over the past decade, but there has also been a lot of mediocrity. This is been largely from the subgenre Gallagher Rock. Bands who think Oasis invented music and worship a group that offered up one and a half ace albums and possibly the worse third album ever.
Someone new to the band might expect a Brit Pop extravaganza and there is a little bit of that, but the album ventures into classic 70s Pop Rock (Enough Of Your Love) and Classic Rock (Fire). Magical Touch is great UK Glam Rock.
She has a wonderful Twang to it and I'd Do Anything is big-ish 80s Rock. Like The Way You Used To is built a cracking riff that completely hooks you and has a real great bass driven drive.. This is an album of fine Indie Rock with a side order of Pop Rock and it works.
Magical Touch is beautifully produced without ever going kitchen sink. Wonderfully performed and arranged in a way that allows songs to breathe, You just admire the quality which is tastefully withdrawn. It doesn't need to hit you over the head, the spaces make the album.
You can listen and buy the album here. You can find out more about the band here.
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