New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The infamously bizarre, genre-bending art rock outfit Will Wood and the Tapeworms have recently taken over New Jersey�s music scene with what The Aquarian called �the epitome of a performance,� and AXS Entertainment called �a journey into glittering hysteria.� In the year since their formation, Will Wood and the Tapeworms have garnered intense press reactions, and gathered an exponentially growing cult following that shows no signs of slowing. After teaming up with New Noise Magazine to premiere the album, and months of teasing and hinting, today Will Wood and the Tapeworms finally release their sophomore full-length LP, a chaotic and colorful crowd-funded concept album entitled Self-ish.
Produced by Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist
Kevin Antreassian and featuring performances by members of Foxy Shazam and Frank Iero and the Cellabration, Self-ish showcases some of the most intensely unique and avant-garde work of eccentric and �intriguing and histrionic� (The Star-Ledger) pianist and singer-songwriter Will Wood, as well as virtuosic instrumental performances by guitarist Mike Bottiglieri, saxophonist
David Higdon, and bassist/engineer Jonathon Maisto. Wood�s constantly shifting style and genre-bending mania make Will Wood and the Tapeworms� sound hard to pin down. Self-ish features latin influences, progressive rock arrangements, emo/punk attitude, and wild mood swings- drawing comparisons to everyone from
Tom Waits and
Mr. Bungle to
David Bowie and My Chemical Romance.
Will Wood and the Tapeworms� music video for single, �Mr. Capgras Encounters a Secondhand Vanity,�premiered via
Fangoria with a music video by international action filmmaker Adam Nawrot just a few weeks ago and has caught a lot of eyes with its monochromatic madness, body paint, cross-dressing, nudity, and sarcastic glamour. The teeth-gnashing fervor of the song contrasts sharply with the vanity of the video, much like how each song contrasts with the next on Self-ish. The other two singles �2012,�premiered at AXS Entertainment and �Dr.
Sunshine is Dead� premiered on Horror Society could have been performed by entirely different bands, were if not for Wood�s distinctly manic lyrical stylings and the bombastic theatricality of these tightly-orchestrated pieces. This disjointed, maddening variety makes Self-ish a unique listen- and puts Will Wood and the Tapeworms in a league of their own.
