Will Wood


Will Wood is an American singer-songwriter and comedian. Wood has released four studio albums: Everything Is a Lot and Self-ish under the moniker Will Wood and the Tapeworms, The Normal Album, and "In case I make it,", and one comedy special, Slouching Towards Branson.

Style

Wood's piano-led style often changes from one song to the next, drawing influence from folk, pop, jazz, rock and roll, Latin music, doo wop, and klezmer. He is also known for his unconventional use of tenor and baritone ukulele. When recording in the studio or performing live with his band, Will Wood and the Tapeworms, he has mostly been accompanied by Mike Bottiglieri on guitar, Matt Berger on alto saxophone, Mario Conte on drums, Vater Boris on bass, and Rob Schaefer on trumpet. The band is known for energetic live performances. Due to conflicts with touring, public image, and marketing, Will has since, for the most part, gone solo. Wood's shows feature a combination of music, monologue, and stand-up comedy.

Personal life

Will Wood was born June 26, 1993 in New Jersey to a Jewish-American family.
Wood describes himself as "reclusive, because I told my publicist to" and is known to avoid social media. Sources about Wood contain conflicting accounts of even basic information about his personal and professional life. He is also known for having fictionalized his life early in his career, and appearing in-character in some press appearances or onstage, as well as engaging in experimental live performance art. At this time, his acts would sometimes feature simulated mental breakdowns, conflict with audience plants, appearances from fictional characters, and intentionally botched performances. His image in pop culture has been heavily influenced by this, but the artist has expressed that his work and persona will continue to change.
Wood has consistently been open about his past struggles with drug addiction and mental illness. He has also recounted how his substance use led him to forgetting the entirety of the year 2012 in his song "2012". He entered recovery early in his career, later being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Will donates a portion of his merch sales to the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, a mental health charity, and has donated portions of ticket sales to events, saying, "I've gotten a lot better. I want to try and do something to help others get there."
Since April 27, 2019, Will Wood has co-hosted the comedy podcast Life in the World to Come with Chris Dunne, who is also a filmmaker and long-time friend. The show is based in New Jersey.

Releases

Prior to launching his career and throughout his teenage years, Wood played with several local bands, including A Verbal Equinox, Strange Thick and Jamface under a series of pseudonyms, as well as The Stereosexuals alongside Jonathon Maisto in 2013. The two worked from 2013 to 2014 and released three songs. Wood began his solo career under the eponymous band Will Wood and the Tapeworms, and recorded and released two studio albums: Everything Is a Lot in 2015 and Self-ish in 2016, along with the live album The Real Will Wood ", a black comedy track about social media platforms with spoken word by Bev Standing. It pastiches the Radiohead track "Fitter Happier" from their 1997 album OK Computer. Other singles included "Tomcat Disposables", "Cicada Days", "Euthanasia", and "White Noise", all of which were accompanied by music videos co-created by Wood. On July 29, the full album was released to positive reviews.
On August 19, 2022, Wood was featured on singer-songwriter Shayfer James' single "Ferryman", which would later appear on the latter's third studio album Shipwreck. On September 1, Human Zoo released "Wealth & Hellness" featuring Wood, a single for the former's second studio album of the same name.
On January 13, 2023, Wood released the album IN CASE I DIE:, a live compilation of songs recorded at US tour dates in 2022. According to a guest blog post on V13, after the release, he would begin an "indefinite break or possibly retire from music career."
On August 9, 2024, Wood released a new mix of The Normal Album with producer Kevin Antreassian, additionally featuring three demos. These consisted of 2018 recordings of "I/Me/Myself", "Laplace's Angel", and "Memento Mori", which were released in the previous month as singles.
On August 15, 2025, Wood released a concert film and comedy special, titled Slouching Towards Branson, which was filmed on the 2024 Slouching Towards Bethlehem tour, Wood's first tour since his hiatus. The film was published to his Patreon page. It consists of 10 songs, as well as roughly an hour of stand-up comedy. The special was released to positive reviews, with Desert Sounds Mag saying "his logic takes genuinely unexpected turns that'll have you questioning your own moral compass while doubled over laughing. The man's got a gift for finding comedy in existential dread." and V13 calling the film An audio version of the special would be released on streaming services on December 24th of the same year.
On October 4, 2025, Wood released a soundtrack for the point-and-click puzzle game Éalú'', which was created using entirely stop-motion animation by the director of the music video for "Tomcat Disposables".

Discography

; Studio albums
  • Everything Is a Lot
  • Self-ish
  • The Normal Album
  • "In case I make it,"
; Remix album
  • The New Normal!
; Live albums
  • The Real
  • IN CASE I DIE:
  • Slouching Towards Branson
; Soundtrack albums
  • Camp Here & There
  • ''éalú ''

    Singles

; Collaborations
  • with Jamface
  • * The Krakken
  • * Fruit of the Rapture
  • * Turn it Off
  • * Zen Master
  • with Strange Thick
  • * Strange Thick EP
  • * Jammin' TV Sessions
  • * Live at Canvas Clash
  • with The Stereosexuals
  • * "Bigger Than Yours"
  • with A Verbal Equinox
  • * "And the Ringmaster Is Pleased to Introduce…"
  • with Big Ears Glenn
  • * "Hey"
  • with Human Zoo
  • * "Aphrodite, Your Electric Sexiness"
  • * "Wealth & Hellness"
  • * "Aphrodite, Your Electric Sexiness "
  • with Shayfer James
  • * "Ferryman"
; Covers
  • "Armchairs "
  • "Prince Ali"
  • "Chocolate Jesus"
  • "The Velocity of Love"