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Will Wood and The Tapeworms
Over the past two years, Will Wood and the Tapeworms have made a name for themselves as one of the most exciting bands to come out of the New Jersey music scene. Their explosive live shows, with frontman/songwriter Will Wood leaping onto his keyboard or crowd surfing while throwing armloads of flowers to the throng below, are backed up by two remarkably good albums.
Their debut, Everything Is a Lot, is a riotous, hallucinatory record that goes careening through Wood’s adventures and misadventures. Wood’s frenetic delivery jams more stories, asides, and hyper-self-aware commentary into a song than most singers could in five, and if his sheer wild-eyed speed makes singing along near-impossible in parts, it’s hard to resist the urge. SELF-iSH, their followup released in 2016, explores unsettling questions around how identity is accrued and the existence of self, but the beauty of the record and its high-spirited melodies make this the most enjoyable bad trip you’ll ever have. Eve
