Almost two years on from 2017’s Plum, Californian scrap polymorphs Wand are prepared to launch their fifth, and newest long-playing record, Laughing Matter. By now, Wand is the shifting but unmis- takable collaboration between Sofia Ar- reguin (keys, vocals), Cory Hanson (guitar, vocals), Robert Cody (guitar), Lee Landey (bass) and Evan Burrows (drums). Laughing Matter is marked by the confidence and exuberance of a band that has lived, feuded, thrived and grown together through years of dedi- cated jamming, touring and recording, across western and eastern states, con- tinents and mind-sets. In this world that insists we must increasingly rely upon ourselves, Wand listen to each other, and this is the sound.