Many know Cory Hanson as the frontman of the adventurous rock collective Wand, but solo he reveals a different, more intimate, yet wilder sound. Based in Los Angeles, he has been steadily building an oeuvre that balances between dreamy folk, fuzzy guitar storms, and an almost cinematic sensibility since his debut album The Unborn Capitalist from Limbo (2016). With albums like Pale Horse Rider (2021) and Western Cum (2023), he explores the extremes of Americana and psychedelic rock—sometimes whisperingly soft, sometimes razor-sharp and exuberant.

‍His latest album, I Love People (2025), brings these worlds together in a timeless guise: warm melodies and rich arrangements reminiscent of the singer-songwriters of the seventies, but filtered through Hanson's idiosyncratic view of the present. Surrounded by his regular bandmates—with whom he also made Vertigo (2024)—he finds a sound that is as multi-layered as it is direct: simultaneously classical and modern, melancholic and playful, sometimes absurd but always spot-on.

‍Live, Hanson translates this into an experience as free-flowing as it is intense. His voice grazes and floats, his guitar lines meander like dust clouds across an open landscape, and his band fills the space with a warmth that can feel both comforting and alienating. Cory Hanson is a storyteller who makes small details big, and big feelings small, and who, with every song, opens up a new perspective on how we can listen to music—and perhaps even to ourselves.