Nashville-based rock outfit The Wans will return with their new album Magical Touch which will be released on July 26th, 11 years to the date of their first album. Ahead of the release comes the single “Otherside”, a song they describe as “a coming of age kind of a song as much as it is a love song.”
The track captures the sultry seductive power of Los Angeles rockers such as The Kills that taps into a moody atmospheric nature. Feels like a late summer night spent a bit boozed up, making memories of a lifetime that you may or may not remember.
But really the song packs a much deeper insightful message, as described by the band’s Simon Kerr:
Otherside is a coming of age kind of a song as much as it is a love song. In my earlier years, I was most likely a bit of an idiot and selfishly broke a few people’s hearts, which I regret. That’s where this song comes in. It’s about finding love & realizing that’s the person you’re supposed to be with. ‘I would break hearts one after the other until I found you.’ As much as it is about love it’s also about growth as a person & being a good human being. Ha. We can’t all be 20 years old forever can we? That’s not saying we don’t all stumble & fall every now & then. Aside from the subject matter, the song has my favorite guitar solo on the record. A 1969 Univox superfuzz into a 1964 vibroverb that was cranked. Total Search & Destroy sound (The Stooges).”
Enjoy a listen of “Otherside” now below.
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