Cory Hanson is known by many as the frontman of the adventurous rock collective Wand, but solo he presents a different, more intimate, and at the same time wilder sound. From Los Angeles, he has been steadily building an oeuvre since his debut The Unborn Capitalist from Limbo (2016) that balances between dreamy folk, fuzzy guitar storms, and an almost cinematic sensitivity. 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 those worlds together in a timeless guise: warm melodies and rich arrangements reminiscent of singer-songwriters from the seventies, but then filtered through Hanson's idiosyncratic view of the present. Surrounded by his regular band members—who he also made Vertigo (2024) with—he finds a sound that is as layered as it is direct: classic and modern at the same time, melancholic and playful, sometimes absurd but always spot on. Live, Hanson translates this into an experience that is both loose and intense. His voice scrapes and drifts, his guitar lines twist like dust clouds across an open landscape, and his band fills the space with warmth that can feel both comforting and disorienting. Cory Hanson is a storyteller who enlarges small details and minimizes big feelings, opening a new perspective with each song on how we can listen to music—and perhaps also to ourselves.