Cum gather ’round and feel the noize folks – there’s a hot new Cory Hanson solo album on the horizon!
In 2021, Wand singer/guitarist Cory Hanson delivered his critically acclaimed second solo album titled Pale Horse Rider, a combination of songs and sounds that journeyed through the bleak and broken territory and places of sweet, lush remove… Musically loose and cosmic, it was a fine country-rock offering, cut with native psych and prog strands.
For Western Cum, his third solo LP (June 23, 2023, from Drag City), Hanson ups the heat to molten levels, six strings at a time, driven by a rhythm trio dubbed “Slowhand”, featuring the stalwart bass of brother Casey Hanson and the drums of Evan Backer, with a few passing acoustics from Cory and the intermittent spirit moans of Tyler Nuffer’s steel guitar.
With Western Cum, our debauched and shameless world is redeemed in the same breath as it is repudiated. A massing of guitars, guitars, guitars and voices form post-gospel harmony, with a panoply of melodic impulses within, bright and burgeoning. The second single, “Twins”, is now among you! Establishing a peaceful easy feeling up front, it delves deep and sails high when the strings come in (guitar strings, right), rummaging through the nightmare of modern existence with the bones of prosaic wisdom left behind by our singer-songwriter fore-brethren.
Director Amy Scott captures Cory in his native California environment – rambling around a ranch home – and just like Arnold and DeVito, this pairing of “Twins” (the video + the music, naturally!) are a perfect match.
While watching the video click that full-screen button and let “Twins” wash all over you!
Great news for UK-based fans…Hanson has just been added to the line-up of this year’s Green Man Festival (17-20 August); more dates soon.
“Twins” is from “Western Cum”, available on LP/CS/CD/Digital on June 23, 2023, from Drag City.
Stream Twins/Preorder “Western Cum” now: https://ffm.to/westerncum