Heavy rock outfit Wucan share driving new single 'Pipe Dreams' • GRIMM Gent

After a three-year creative process, heavy rock band Wucan have announced their new album ‘Axioms’ for 29 August 2025 via Long Branch Records. The new longplayer 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.

Recently saw the release of ‘Pipe Dreams’, the fourth single from the upcoming album ‘Axioms’. Says singer Francis Tobolsky:

“‘Pipe Dreams’ started as a jam session in the rehearsal room – based on a drum groove that Phil just threw on the table, instantly pulling all of us in. It was the second song we wrote for the album, and it feels like a snapshot of where we were at that time. A driving beat, heavy guitars and floating vocal harmonies explore the tension between disillusionment and hope. To me, this song also carries a warning: shared dreams require the support of the whole community.”

Stream the single and pre-order the new album here:
https://wucan.lnk.to/axioms

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 their new album, ‘Axioms’. On ‘Axioms’, the four-piece heavy rock outfit 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, the eight new tracks are also infused with touches of progressive rock, isolated electronic elements, and a playful jazz attitude. Or as Francis 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.”

Tracklist ‘Axioms’:
1 Spectres Of Fear
2 Irons In The Fire
3 Wicked, Sick and Twisted
4 KTNSAX
5 Holz auf Holz
6 Pipe Dreams
7 Axioms
8 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).“

Pre-order here.

CATCH WUCAN LIVE:
04.09. PL, Lodz – Summer Dying Loud
06.09. AT, Puch bei Weiz – Stonebreak Festival
20.09. DE, Hamburg – Nacht der Kirchen
03.10. DE, Saalfeld/Saale – Klubhaus der Jugend
04.10. DE, Duisburg – Bora
05.10. DE, Mannheim – 7er-Club
06.10. DE, Hanover – Béi Chéz Heinz
07.10. DK, Copenhagen – Stengade
09.10. DE, Herford – Kulturwerk Herford
10.10. DE, Berlin – Lido
11.10. DE, Oldenburg – MTS Records
12.10. DE, Kassel – Goldgrube
14.10. DE, Karlsruhe – Alte Hackerei
16.10. DE, Passau – Zauberberg Passau
17.10. DE, Weiden – Salute Musikclub
18.10. DE, Cottbus – Gladhouse