Wells Ferrari is the brainchild of Will Wells and Mikey Ferrari, who grew up on bay shores on opposite ends of this country, bobbing and weaving through various calamities and pitfalls of youth before being saved by music, each in his own way. Landing in Los Angeles at one point or another, they dipped cowboy-booted toes into the sound machine – Mikey as a major label solo artist, Will as a guitar-gunslinger for hire on tours and in sessions – before recognizing that maybe all that glittered wasn’t in fact gold. Struggling to find any sense of musical or personal connection in the sprawling landscape, it was only when the two met during a routine writing session for another artist in 2019 that they recognized two things: one, that making music was still the only thing either wanted to do, and two, that this new, other person was what each had been searching for to round out their artistic self. Some people call it kismet, others fate; they simply call it Wells Ferrari.‍

“It was instant, when we met in that session while we were jamming,” Will says. “I knew I could relate to Mikey in a unique way, and after we hung out and played together that first time it just kind of never stopped. We had this connection, ‘Let’s just cook, let’s make something and do it for fun.’ It was the most natural thing in the world.”

“We both found music out of struggle and feeling alone, and have always chased songs for those reasons,” Mikey adds. “We’ve learned that you can feel like a part of something because of the music, and that’s what so much of this project is about. And that’s where our friendship kicks in. It sounds kind of cringe, but I was just like, ‘Fuck, this is my guy right here.’ In performing and writing, it takes so much of the pressure off by being able to share it with each other; you just feel so much less alone.”‍

Seizing on shared personal histories and enough musical influence overlapping to develop a shorthand, the pair recognized a freshness and an energy in their work, not to mention a sense of joy. The songs came quickly and were kept raw but true, with the duo insisting that one of the main strengths of the music was its sincerity. On a trip to the small town of 29 Palms, near Joshua Tree National Park, they began recording a handful of tunes, finding inspiration in the solitude, natural beauty, and vast openness of the desert while being able to lock in on the work in a place free of city distractions. Multiple return visits over several months yielded the first few batches of Wells Ferrari songs, collected in late 2024 in the form of their debut EP, Roots & Tides.

Laid out in full sun like a Nudie suit-wearing lizard on top of a bar-blues rock, the hallmark of a Wells Ferrari song will always be the twin voices. Trading verses and refrains then weaving together in moments of simple, gorgeous harmony, each singer sings his own heart out with urgency and raw emotion, yet the songs maintain a cool charm and never feel overwrought or disingenuous. “Gold Mine,” the first song the duo ever made together for the project, is filled with chipper crooning and upbeat guitar chime over a steady beat and an “I don’t even know who I am anymore” calling card, while “Powerlines" او د موخه، د شیطانونو په لټه کې، او په شمیره کې د ځمکې په لټه کې ده چې تاسو کولی شئ په تودوخې ځمکه کې په تودوخې کې په تودوخې کې ونیسئ. په داسې حال کې، "د ریشه او تودوخې" سره د Dickey Betts سلیډ riffs، د آفتاب د پوښونو ټون، او د تېلو په تېلو کې دی. لکه څنګه چې Will او Mikey به تاسو ته وايي، کله چې د ویلس فیریو په اړه، یو او یو د درې برابر دی. دا یو مشترکه وړاندیز دی، په تودوخې او آرامۍ کې جوړ شوی، مګر د kismet، د جنسي انرژۍ او کیینټیک روح سره وده ورکړي. یا هر څه چې تاسو غواړئ دا په نامه ونیسئ - دوی د فکر کولو لپاره په اندازه کم نه شوي دي.‍

" زموږ د موسیقۍ په اړه ډیر په اړه ده چې تاسو ته په یو نړۍ کې ونیسئ او لږ په اړه چې تاسو په یو شخص کې ونیسئ." Will says. " دا د توازن په اړه دی، لکه څنګه چې یو ټولنیز؛ چې، او صادقانه. موږ د پاچا پاک تولید نه لري؛ موږ په Joshua Tree کې د دې کور ته لاړ شو او دا ډول غږونه په څیر دی او موږ دا کار کوي. موږ احساس کوو چې موږ څه چمتو کوو، او موږ غواړو چې خلک د دې سره اړیکه ونیسئ. دا باید طبيعي احساس وي. د موسیقۍ باید تل په دې نړۍ کې ژوند وکړي، او زه فکر کوم چې دا کوي."

"Wells Ferrari زموږ د اغیزو د مرکزي دی، مګر موږ ته دا د خبرې کولو په څیر وي. Mikey وايي. " دا د دوو غوره دوستانو په څیر خبرې کوي، په یو خبرې کې چې لیدونکي هم ګډون کولی شي. موږ ډیری ورته تجربو شریک کړي، نو د دې په اړه د هغه څهونو په اړه لیکلو وړتیا لري. ستاسو د غوره دوست سره خبرې کول ډیر بشري احساس کوي چې یو سولو آرټیټیټ دی چې دا په یو آواز کې وړاندې کوي. د سولو آرټیټ په څیر، دا احساس کوي چې تاسو یوازې د لیدونکي سره خبرې وکړئ؛ دا ډیر ټولنیزو پر بنسټ احساس کوي ځکه چې موږ یو خبرې کوو چې خلک وګورئ، او هرڅه د دې برخه ده. په ګډه کولی شي، د یو غږ په توازن کې غږ کوي، د یو بشري غږ په څیر غږ کوي. دا یوازې د هرڅه زموږ څخه لوی احساس کوي."