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Heavy Rock Outfit Wucan Announce New Studio Album “Axioms” Out 8/29

by Amy Sciarretto
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Wucan - KTNSAX (Official Music Video)

"KTNSAX" by Wucan is taken from the album 'Axioms'. Get it here: https://wucan.lnk.to/axioms Supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media. Video produced by Armin Riedel - actionbronco.de Written and performed by Wucan Recorded and mixed by Max Moehler https://www.maxpowerproduction.com/ Mastered by Fabian Tormin https://www.plaetlin-mastering.de/ Stay up to date with the latest rock, metal and alternative music and subscribe!

In short: The job is done.

After a three-year creative process, heavy rock band Wucan have crafted Axioms, a new album that showcases the band’s characteristic artistic ingenuity while continuing the transformation first hinted at on the latest album Heretic Tongues  and pushing those ideas even further.

Axioms, the fourth studio album by the band from Dresden, Germany, will be released on August 29 via Long Branch Records and is now available for pre-order here.

As is well known, true art is characterized above all by its constant renewal — a combination of the tried and tested with the innovative. Like nearly all influential acts in music history who have followed this golden rule, Wucan demonstrate their capacity for artistic evolution with Axioms.

On Axioms, the four-piece, led by frontwoman Francis Tobolsky, blends the distinctive elements of their previous studio records — Sow The Wind (2015), Reap The Storm (2017), and Heretic Tongues (2022) — with fresh ideas, resulting in a broader stylistic range and a more clearly defined conceptual approach. In other words: While the band continues to reference hard rock, krautrock, East German rock, and metal, these eight new tracks are also infused with touches of progressive rock, isolated electronic elements, and a playful jazz attitude.

Or as Tobolsky aptly puts it, “The foundation of our music is international ’70s hard rock enriched by contemporary influences — this time with even more bombast, brutality, and complexity.”

The previously released singles KTNSAX and Irons In The Fire offer a first taste of the new album.

Watch the music videos for each here.

Axioms album cover by Callum Rooney
AXIOMS TRACK LISTING:
“Spectres Of Fear”
“Irons In The Fire”
“Wicked, Sick and Twisted”
“KTNSAX”
“Holz auf Holz”
“Pipe Dreams”
“Axioms”
“Fountain Of Youth”The Collector’s Edition of Axioms also includes a 7″ single with the exclusive bonus tracks “Four Mirrors” and “Fette Deutsche (Live at Rock Hard Festival).”

“The title Axioms stands for the fundamental convictions our band is built upon convictions we no longer question,” says Tobolsky. “After 10 years of making music together — seven of them with this lineup — there were moments when everything could have fallen apart. This album was created during a time when each of our lives was changing significantly, and it bears the imprint of those personal experiences. The fact that we’re still making music together is neither a coincidence nor a matter of convenience – it’s our axiom.”

Axioms will be available in the following formats: 

*Fan Edition Bundle / LBR exclusive
(including splattered vinyl, 7″ single and LP insert, music cassette in green-glitter, CD Digipak, tote-bag and signed photo card) – Order here
*Collector’s LP Edition / LBR exclusive – Limited to 400 copies
(including splattered vinyl, 7″ single and LP insert) – Order here
*Collector’s LP Edition / JPC exclusive – Limited to 200 copies
(including translucent verde coloured vinyl, 7″ single and LP insert.)
*Collector’s LP Edition
(including viola coloured vinyl, 7″ single and LP insert)
*Standard LP Edition 
(including black vinyl and LP insert)
*MC Edition / LBR exclusive – Limited to 200 copies
(including green-glitter coloured music cassette) – Order here
*CD Edition
(in a Digipak)
*Digital Edition
(Stream & Download)

PRE-ORDER “AXIOMS” HERE

More info about Wucan’s European shows is here.

WUCAN ARE:
Francis Tobolsky — Vocals, Guitar, Flute, Theremin
Tim George — Guitar, Keyboards
Philip Knöfel — Drums
Alexander Karlisch — Bass

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