Is WELL WISHES about a band? No. Is it... nostalgia? Double-no. WELL WISHES is a universal *story* -- lasting and disposable.
It's playful and sad, catchy and contemplative. It's a map of the wild trip from early adulthood to middle age.
We carry that time with us through uncertain days, checking it sometimes like a compass.
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Fellow artists (and artistes, even auteurs), before I was working on Arms of Kismet (and Waterslide), I played in Wampeters — a contrarian outfit steeped in Who-ish, Kinks-esque, and Clash-y rock. We wrote and recorded seven albums before the end of the century.
Now we have a new story: WELL WISHES. If you've listened to Arms of Kismet or Waterslide, Wampeters planted those seeds, from the playfulness to the catchiness to the capture of crystalline moments like fireflies in a jar.
WELL WISHES is a slipcase of all seven Wampeters albums and a new single — redesigned and remastered for 2025.
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A lot of excellent, primitive noise in this box (and also volume 1), but since I couldn't be assed to get up and change the CD, I listened to "Mistaken Genital Apparatus" twice. Originally released on Stinky Horse Fuck, so now I want to listen to Smell & Quim, and probably will.
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