Lansing Indie/Psychedelic rockers Wanderjahr will officially release their much anticipated new CD, “Is to Disappear”, on Friday, November 19th at The Temple Club in Old Town. They will perform live along with other local favorites Calliope and The Fuzz. The recording features 9 original songs produced and engineered by the band and friend Nathan Brown (synth player for The Fuzz), and was mastered by Glenn Brown. It will be available at the show as well as online and at Flat Black & Circular and CD Warehouse in East Lansing. Check out www.WanderjahrMusic.com to hear clips.

Though it’s not their first recording effort (they’ve been on the scene for 7 years or so) , the album is somewhat of a departure for the band, foregoing the ‘live in the studio’ approach for a more layered, atmospheric sound. “We wanted to shoot for a more detailed, ‘headphones’ kind of record with this one” says singer/guitarist/songwriter Mike Clauwaert, “...something you can explore as well as just listen to.”

Though it’s not their first recording effort (they’ve been on the scene for 7 years or so) , the album is somewhat of a departure for the band, foregoing the ‘live in the studio’ approach for a more layered, atmospheric sound. “We wanted to shoot for a more detailed, ‘headphones’ kind of record with this one” says singer/guitarist/songwriter Mike Clauwaert, “...something you can explore as well as just listen to.”

And there’s plenty here to explore. Along with more intricate vocal harmony, the band has added a variety of instrumentation to the lysergic stew: banjo, cello, jaw harp, timpani, dobro, a gong, and even the sound of the skin being peeled from a tangerine!

Playing on themes of illusion, both literal and metaphoric, the songs conjure images of stage magic... rabbits, doves, magical hats, smoke and mirrors. All the while, they’re actually painfully human tales of love, loss and disenchantment. It’s not all gloom though. Many of the songs are bittersweet, the dark side making the light all the more illuminating and the joy all the more palpable.