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Song Of The Day: Wand – Bee Karma

Posted on
15 Aug 2017
by
Paul

Los Angeles psych rock band Wand is back with a new album (Plum, out September 22 on Drag City) and their video for first single “Bee Karma” is a bit of an odd one. Starting out, it almost resembles a remake of Alanis Morisette’s “Ironic” clip, but with subtitles and a sad clown instead of Alanis. From there, it moves on to some flower eating and culminates in some kind of manic one man (one clown?) dance party at the end of it all. And what’s with the little duck in the corner of the screen?

We may never uncover the true meaning of the duck, but bandleader Cory Hanson sheds some light on the video’s narrative: “The video stars my brother Casey as the clown that I drive around. Abby Banks shot all the footage of him in the car, then I shot all the double exposure dancing parts on a high school assembly stage. It’s an age old story. In the end, the good clown wins and gets to be free. He dances.”

OK, that settles that question then, but I’m still not sure what “bee karma” is exactly. Does it have anything at all to do with rain on your wedding day? And is that even ironic? The mystery continues …

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