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Thursday
28Jan2010

New Wave Blues - Reviewed by: Lore Music Group

1 year after the release of New Wave Blues, the album is still gaining momentum and being reviewed by all different types of publications. The latest is from Lore Music Group.

I would say this is one of the most thorough and all encompassing reviews of the album. They seemed to really understand what we were trying to do with the album; which is actually more gratifying than simply receiving a positive review. In this case we went two for two; which is the ultimate reward.

Here's are 2 excerpts from the review. You can read it in it's entirety at the Lore Music Group web site.

With their infectious melodies and catchy choruses, it is hard not to enjoy listening to [theWANDAS]. On their album, the appropriately titled New Wave Blues, The Wandas manage to create their own sound that successfully steers clear of becoming just another pop pick in what seems like an ever-growing landscape of cloned music.

This is not a band resting on its laurels and that is satisfied with getting by with simple pop. The Wandas take the risk of falling under their own weight on “Lose You” with its dramatic outro that pushes their sound to its max that if done incorrectly could have sounded like they were trying too hard, but it manages to work thanks to their laid back demeanor. This is what separates The Wandas from other pop/rock groups today and is an encouraging sign for future development.They are not in your face and pushing themselves on you as many of today’s other acts do. Instead, they have a subtle yet strong reach that lasts. 

As always you can download New Wave Blues and all of our other music using the "Pay What You Want" method from smirp.com, and from iTunes as well.

Cheers,

Ross

Monday
30Nov2009

Hello, New England

After 2 months of being on the road we've settled back into our native home of Boston, MA. We're floating around between family, friends, couch surfing, and the RV (of course), but we're sticking in the Northeast for the time being.

The tour was nothing short of amazing. We're still decompressing and taking in everything that happened on the road. So many great venues, bands, fans, stories, oh and that amazing taco place in Chicago that we ate 3 meals a day at for 3 days straight; those sound pretty good right about now.

We've already played 2 shows in Rhode Island since we've been back and have a bunch more to go. We'll be at Ralph's in Worcester, MA this Saturday Dec 5th and then our triumphant return (it's been over 4 years since we've played here) to the Middle East in Cambridge, MA Mon Dec 14th for the Invictus Booking Holiday Jam. After that we'll be back at Tommy Doyles January 8th in Cambridge, MA and then our first show ever on Cape Cod at Tommy Doyle's other location in Hyannis.

We're filling in shows faster than we can list them so certainly check the tour page frequently.

Cheers,

Ross

Wednesday
18Nov2009

Chicago, IL

Heading out of Minneapolis to Chicago we had a 6-7 hour drive which seemed like a hop skip and a jump compared to what we had just done coming from Seattle to Minneapolis.

Rolling into town we were definitely pumped to be playing a great city like Chicago; especially on a Saturday night when the place is hopping. We were playing The Elbo Room, a great venue with two floors; bands were playing downstairs and there were bars on each level.

The night was packed with 5 bands starting at 8:30pm and ending at 2:30am. We were headlining so we weren't taking the stage until about 1:15am which gave us plenty of time to relax, grab some food and take in the city a bit before we played.

theWANDAS at The Elbo Room, Chicago ILThe show went really well and was broadcasted live online. I know it was a late night, but those who saw it said they really enjoyed it; which was great to hear. After the show we hung out with the venue staff until the last person left the bar. Everyone at the venue is great and needless to say we'll be back at The Elbo Room next leg of the tour.

Cheers,

Ross 

Sunday
15Nov2009

Minneapolis, MN

Where to begin.... I apologize for being off the map for a bit but I have a good excuse. When we left Seattle we headed east for the biggest drive of the tour. Seattle, WA to Minneapolis, MN is a 26 hour drive (in a car) plus a 2 hour loss with the timezone change; add in the fact we're driving a 27ft vehicle and stopping for gas every 4 hours we're looking at a 30 hour drive minimum.

About 10 hours into our drive we hit the one thing we were desperatly trying to avoid the whole tour: SNOW. After being in the Pacific Ocean 1 week earlier in sunny San Diego this was a wakeup call to how far we've actually been traveling. We found ourselves in the mountains of Montana traveling 10-25 mph through a snow storm for 8 hours. Needless to say this wasn't helping our arrival time in Minnesota. There was a healthy balance between fearing for our lives as we watched countless cars/trucks, which were much more equipped to travel in the snow & ice, swerve off the road into ditches and guardrails, and the sheer humor of the locals' collective facial expression of "are you seriously driving a 27 ft rv through Montana in a snow storm? What the hell are you thinking?"

After Keith successfully took us through the snow storm (with Brent navigating) and we made our way out of the mountains, Will and I took over the driving & navigating duties respectively.

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Friday
13Nov2009

Seattle, WA

Going into the tour we didn't have a set date for a Seattle show. However, since we were going all the way up to Portland, OR and we have never been to Seattle we weren't going to be stopped. We got invited to play an extended set in a local open mic show, where we could essentially take up two slots in the middle of the night; some great Northwestern hospitality for the Northeastern band.

Given the spirit of the open mic night, we decided to change up the pace a little bit and just have Brent & Keith do some songs acoustically. They played 4 songs from our tour set and 1 brand new one that hasn't been played live yet.

It was a really nice change of pace and we still met a lot of people and made a bunch of new fans. Check out the video below of Please Come Home, acousitc, live at The Skylark Cafe & Club.