Plum

The new album from Cory Hanson’s band Wand is its most focused, finessed, and best record to date. It contains an audacious refinement that transcends the group’s beginnings in the garage-rock scene.

On Plum, Wand has exceeded all expectations.

When I was younger, I always loved when cartoon characters would dream and a little cloud-shaped thought bubble would appear over them, givi...