Will Wood

Will Wood is an American musician. Wood has released four studio albums; Everything is a Lot in 2015, SELF-iSH in 2016, The Normal Album in 2020, and "In case I make It," in 2022, as well as two live albums.

Wood's piano-led style often changes from one song to the next, drawing influence from folk, pop, jazz, rock and roll, latin music, and klezmer. He is also known for his unconventional use of tenor and baritone ukulele. When recording in studio or performing live with his band, "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 high energy live performances. Wood primarily performs solo, his shows featuring a combination of music, monologue, and stand-up comedy.

Wood has been described as "reclusive", and is known to avoid social media. Little is known about his personal life, and sources about Wood contain conflicting accounts of even basic information about his personal and professional life. He is also known for early in his career having fictionalized his life and appearing in character in some press appearances or onstage, and engaging in experimental live performance art, with his acts featuring simulated mental breakdowns, conflict with audience plants, appearances from fictional characters, and intentionally botched performances.

Wood has consistently been open about his past struggles with drug addiction and mental illness, having entered recovery early in his career and later being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Wood donates portions of his income to various mental health charities, including the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, saying, "I’ve gotten a lot better. I want to try and do something to help others get there."

Will Wood started playing in a band called "A Verbal Equinox", where he played under the name William Sunshine as one of the band's vocalist and pianist.

The band released one album titled "And The Ringmaster Is Pleased to Introduce..." In 2013. The band eventually became inactive a few years after their first album release.

Wood then began releasing music with his band "The Tapeworms" in 2015. Under the moniker “Will Wood and the Tapeworms,” he released two studio albums: Everything is a Lot in 2015, SELF-iSH in 2016, and the live album The Real Will Wood in 2018, which later served as the soundtrack to the mockumentary concert film of the same name.

Will Wood also worked on the soundtrack for the fictional horror/comedy podcast “Camp Here And There”.

In 2019, a crowdfunding campaign began for The Normal Album, which raised $27,631 and was released in 2020 under his own name.

His newest studio album, titled "In case I make It," was crowdfunded on Indiegogo in October 2021. Wood has described the collection of songs as being his most personal yet, saying: “I've always tried to consistently re-invent myself as an artist, I think. But this time is different, because for lack of a less dramatic phrase… I've reinvented myself as a person. I couldn’t be more different than I was even a year or two ago."

Six singles from "In case I make It," were released prior to the album's full release. In September 2021, prior to the crowdfunding of the album, Wood released a single entitled "Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll" (also featured on the album). On June 10, Wood released the single You Liked This (Okay, Computer!), a spoken word black comedy track about social media platforms. It stars voice actress Bev Standing, whose voice was allegedly used by video sharing social media platform TikTok for their text-to-speech feature without her consent. On July 27, the full album was released to positive reviews.

In 2022, Wood released a single entitled "Ferryman" with singer-songwriter Shayfer James.

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 [his] music career."

Solo albums

• The Normal Album (2020)
• Camp Here & There(2021)
• "In case I make it," (2022)

With the Tapeworms

• Everything is a Lot (2015)
• SELF-iSH (2016)

Live albums

• The Real Will Wood (2020)
• In Case I Die (2023)