i like!
― goole, Friday, 21 November 2008 02:51 (4 years ago) Permalink
singing on the far side of moz/rufus wainwright overwrought + clever arranging + airy, echoey production
― goole, Friday, 21 November 2008 02:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
Prefered their first demos CD. The production on the album is a little off.
― Enrique (Raw Patrick), Friday, 21 November 2008 09:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
heh Enrique indiesnob! ;)
one of my favourite releases of this year. it's really something else. hate the singer's moustache though.
― Ludo, Friday, 21 November 2008 10:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
v interesting! sounds like morrissey + scott walker + other things i cant put my finger on. 2 songs in
― k3vin k., Monday, 8 December 2008 01:17 (4 years ago) Permalink
[i suppose k3vin k and myself found this via the quietus eoy list?]. yeah, this is a terrific album. not all the songs are great but at least they don't sound like every other UK indie band. the vocals remind me of antony and russell mael. the lyrics are terrific - weird and fatalistic.
― nonightsweats, Saturday, 13 December 2008 21:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
This is pure pleasure to listen to.
― Eyeball Kicks, Saturday, 7 February 2009 21:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
Word is the new one is meant to be even better.
First single:http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2009/jun/17/wild-beasts-hooting-howling
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 12:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
Starts quite promisingly, turned it off before the end. STOP REPEATING THE SONG-TITLE AD NAUSEAM IT IS A GROSS AND STUPID HABIT
Also, that riff gets very irritating.
― gosh I actually dig this shit (country matters), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 12:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
Kinda looking forward to hearing this. Wasn't sure about the first one, quite liked the Billy Mackenzie-isms, but thought the music could have been a bit more ambitious to match. Having said that, have hammered 'His Grinning Skull' to death, which I guess is as bog-standard indie as they come, sonics-wise.
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
Am really enjoying the new one.
The production is lovely. The guitars are kinda reminiscent of the slower numbers on Foals' Antidotes. At least to my ears.
― Barnaby, Hardly, Monday, 6 July 2009 14:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
wow that was really good
― goole, Monday, 6 July 2009 15:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
Wonderful album. Probably going to be up there as best British album of the year unless something unexpected pops up.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 08:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
a new one already? wow that's fast. looking forward to it.
― Ludo, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 08:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
New one would appear to be streaming via the NME:
http://www.nme.com/news/wild-beasts--2/46335
― Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 14:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
This is all very pleasant and even harmonious to listen to (track 4 especially) but I doubt I'll be returning much to it.
― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 15:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
"two dancers ii" and "all the king's men" are WONDERFUL.
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 15:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
"all the king's men" was quite good I guess and there was one near the end I liked too but hmm.
― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 15:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
Just listening now. These are both Tommy songs aren't they? He had the best two on the first album as well IMO (Devil's Crayon and His Grinning Skull).
― Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 16:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
ok this is batshit insane, kudos!
― cutty, Thursday, 6 August 2009 23:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
they've never made anything better than "brave bulging buoyant clairvoyants" and this new stuff sounds like the younger brothers of the guillemots
― heave imho (J0rdan S.), Friday, 7 August 2009 01:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah but i like the guillemots
― cutty, Friday, 7 August 2009 01:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
funny how this band suffers from XTC-syndrome. quirky so-called "lead" singer overshadowed by bassists better songwriting!
loving "two dancers"
― cutty, Sunday, 9 August 2009 00:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
wow you guys could give two shits about this band. i'm freaking out over here.
― cutty, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
This gets better with repeat listens. Last two tracks especially good. Maintain that 'The Old Dog' from the first album is their best song.
― cockles (country matters), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
It's brilliant. Stunning. Uber. only went in at 68 on album charts :-(
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Hooting & Howling" still irritates me. "When I'm Sleepy" is a beautiful little song that deserves to be 3x as long as it is. Rest is growing, as I say.
― cockles (country matters), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
the last track is truly a remarkable thing
― cutty, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
yar it is pretty awes
― cockles (country matters), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
Just got it yesterday. Am liking the first few songs, then it all seems to fizzle out a bit. I want to like it though, am hoping all will be revealed over time.
― Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
second side is a grower.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
second side better than the first
― cutty, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
from the title track (two dancers i and ii) until the end
shit this gets exponentially better with every listen, 'this is our lot' being the new discovery
― cockles (country matters), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
also the reason it only got to no. 68 in the chance? Begins with S, ends with y, and has 'potif' in the middle.
― cockles (country matters), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
Charts, even. o_O
they don't sound similar to much else out there, besides certain lapses into early U2 guitar jangle. i think "this is our lot" mostly does this.
― cutty, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
i loved the hell out of the first one, keep forgetting to pick this up!
― Baitullah Sumdud (goole), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
Cutty, I know what you mean about U2, it's been reminding me of that 80s stadium rock thing too. Sounds a bit like Interpol too in parts. These are the bits I'm shying away from at the moment tbh.
― Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
despite being a jammy bastard and getting a promo of this a while back, had to go buy it on vinyl too. i cant quite put my finger on why i like it so much and reason tells me i should be a bit bored of it by now. but i'm not. pitchfork better give it mad props.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 11:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
who cares what pitchfork says
― cutty, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 12:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
well i hope they give it a good review for the bands benefit and because a lot more people would love it if it got some nice U.S. based press.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 13:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
hurrah. 8.4 and a best new music. works for me.
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 31 August 2009 17:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
everything u wanted bro
― cutty, Monday, 31 August 2009 17:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
Kinda irks me that the PF review says they're from Leeds.
Leeds is 100 miles from Kendal (where they're actually from).
― Barnaby, Hardly, Monday, 31 August 2009 18:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
We Still Got The Taste Dancin' On Our Tongues was absolutely *phenomenal* live, and the rest wasn't far behind (This Is Our Lot being maybe the pick)
― kevision questler (country matters), Thursday, 10 September 2009 15:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
going to see them tonight.
― cutty, Thursday, 10 September 2009 15:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
...and this was in a big tent, with festival production values. my friend said that this was 'really good, and maybe about half as good as when i saw them at a club' so you're in for a treat! although they didn't play 'through the iron gate' or 'the old dog'. ah well. 'hooting & howling' grows on me every time i hear it btw
― kevision questler (country matters), Thursday, 10 September 2009 15:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
also i was not expecting the two singers to exchange lead/backing parts, electric/bass guitar and keys with such unpredictable dexterity
― kevision questler (country matters), Thursday, 10 September 2009 15:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
Going to see them next month. I only recently bought a ticket after they'd been on sale for a few weeks and I still got given ticket number 001. No pushing at the front please.
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Thursday, 10 September 2009 15:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
this one is better than Two Dancers. i still miss old, very different 1st album Wild Beasts. shame we'll never get that band back but some of their very best stuff is on this one.
― piscesx, Monday, 16 May 2011 18:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
this one is just so lush - can't understand some of the skepticism around "Albatross" which is simply gorgeous and a pretty good summary of what this album is about.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
It is, but on first hearing of Albatross in isolation I just went 'meh' at it; it needs context, for me.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 11:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
showing up The Strokes this evening on bbc telly! surprised to hear unofficial 5th member lady singing along.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 18 May 2011 00:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
― immer wieder, ralf & günther (NickB), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 06:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://sickmouthy.com/2011/05/21/wild-beasts-smother/
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 21 May 2011 08:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
what's that a link to
― thomp, Saturday, 21 May 2011 09:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
My blog.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 21 May 2011 09:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh
― thomp, Saturday, 21 May 2011 09:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh. What were you hoping for?
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 21 May 2011 09:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
new album is great!
― akm, Saturday, 21 May 2011 15:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is so good
― goole, Friday, 5 August 2011 15:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Two Dancers > Smother > Limbo, Panto
All very very good though.
― nate woolls, Friday, 5 August 2011 15:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
loving the new album and they were charming and poised in concert last night. Fine band
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 11 August 2011 10:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
performance at field day v good, made me feel better about smother, reminded me to get tickets well in advance of their gig here
i think it's a little sad that an indie band who are remarkable & good (yeah, yeah, i know) don't warrant a new thread for the new album on ilx these days
― thomp, Thursday, 11 August 2011 10:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
also -- i thought hayden was the mostly-falsetto singer and mostly the guitar player, and fleming was the mostly-gruff singer and mostly the bass player? have they swapped? that's kind of cool, if they have swapped
― thomp, Thursday, 11 August 2011 10:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Here's where I confess that I didn't know there were two singers as they sound quite similar - I thought it was one bloke operating at different pitches. Oops.
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 11 August 2011 12:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
[I didn't know until last night, that is]
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 11 August 2011 12:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love thsi band. Not fussed by the debut, but Two Dancers and Smother are both awesome. These guys and These New Puritans make me feel very positive about young men in bands making music in 2011.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 11 August 2011 13:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm with Nick, Wild Beasts surely are one of the best bands on go. The vast territory they have covered in their brief 3 year lifespan so far is staggering. I heard 'Two Dancers' first and as such I've never quite seen 'Limbo Panto' as the masterful debut some others claim it to be. I do think it's great but I prefer Wild Beasts when they are more restrained and less bombastic and the near constant theatricality of 'Limbo Panto' irritates me sometimes if I'm honest.
With that in mind I'm utterly besotted with 'Smother'. It's a well balanced album all round but the stretch from 'Albatross' to the 'End Comes Too Soon' compromises an absolutely faultlessly beautiful suite of songs. I've been known to gripe a little at all the supposed similarities with later era Talk Talk which, aside of the atmospheric build in at the end of the final track, I find difficult to hear. I know it's pretty anal as far as comparisons go but I think someone in this thread said it sounded more like The Blue Nile and as subtle as it seems that's a lot closer to the mark for me. I'd love the see the band venture more towards the Talk Talk side of things on their next album although the shift in restrained dynamics in their songwriting between the 'Smother' and 'Two Dancers' is monumental and very ambitous for such a young band.
I really hope this one reaps its deserved rewards in the end of year polls. Few albums released this year can claim to being quite as rewarding of repeated listens as this.
― AnotherDeadHero, Thursday, 11 August 2011 16:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
i like them for muso reasons. it sounds too simple to say, but they are really good at writing and orchestrating songs. deceptively simple shifts in harmony, well-considered repeated figures, rhythms that are both direct and unexpected. i just think they're good at being a band.
― 5ish finkel (goole), Thursday, 11 August 2011 16:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
These guys and These New Puritans make me feel very positive about young men in bands making music in 2011
I concur, and don't forget British Sea Power! Although they've been going a bit longer.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 11 August 2011 19:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love, love, love this band; Talk Talk and Blue Nile comparisons are apt but I honestly prefer Wild Beasts to either.
― classic albums live! (Ówen P.), Thursday, 11 August 2011 22:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
I get a lot of Long Fin Killie from them.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 12 August 2011 04:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
That comment, plus various unanimously positive things I've read about them elsewhere in the past, was enough to prompt me into a long overdue blind buy of the 3 Long Fin Killie LP's and 3 of their EP's.
Came home and saw that 2 of their albums were on Spotify and after listening to a few tracks from Amelia (not too many though, I like to retain an element of expectation and surprise in my music listening where possible) I'm totally blow away. Like "oh my god I can't believe my ears" stunned. I'm familiar with Luke Sutherland from his cameos with Mogwai but my word, never did I presume LKF to sound as unbelievably awesome as this. Enthralling stuff.
And yes, from the minuscule snapshot I've heard, I totally get the Wild Beasts comparison.
― AnotherDeadHero, Friday, 12 August 2011 16:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Anyone have an MP3 of the b-side "Mummy's Boy"? I'd pay for it but I CAN'T BECAUSE I'M AMERICAN. Stupid gits. E-mail me - geraldmcbb (at) hotmail.com - also hoping to be able to get the recent "Smother" b-sides as well.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 2 October 2011 21:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
they're all on Spotify you know?
― piscesx, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 04:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I just noticed that, thanks, but still not "Mummy's Boy".
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 21:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mummy's Boy is on there in the UK. spotify:track:3wY3qCfMhM6fS47G1hRh26
― piscesx, Thursday, 6 October 2011 04:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
God I love this band.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 6 October 2011 09:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mummy's Boy is on there in the UK
But not in the US. They don't want us to hear it.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 6 October 2011 13:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Gerald, what's your email address?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 6 October 2011 14:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
tearjerkershadow lurkerwonder workerreach a bit further
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 October 2011 01:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's taken a while but i'm really getting into this one
I missed the response, Nick! I am geraldmcbb (at) h0tma1l (d0t) com - ta!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 00:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sent.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 08:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
fantastic show last night - sounds cheesy to say this and not something I usually care about, but these guys just ooze sheer musicality
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 08:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am seeing Wild Beasts tonight. First time. Excited.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 13:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
They're amazing Nick; you're in for a real treat. I've seen them 3 times. Once at Primavera in 2010, once in the Edinburgh Liquid Rooms and most recently at the street party at New Year.
Only dissapointment of seeing them the last 2 times is that 'Two Dancers (I)' seems to have been dropped from the set list.
Expect everything to be a little slower than on 'Smother'. Tempo was reduced ever so slightly in the recent shows. 'End Comes to Soon' kills live. Enjoy!
― AnotherDeadHero, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 14:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
They were real good when I saw them here in MTL.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 14 March 2012 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
EXCITED!!!!! I love this band!
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah they're amazing. my one gripe is that they (SPOILERS!) don't do much of the 'old stuff'. maybe 1 or 2 songs off Limbo.. late last year in Manchester and 2 or 3 off Dancersand certainly zero off the pre debut era. but pretty much the new album in full. it's the opposite of what a band like say, Interpol do. i prefer the 'Hits' method.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 20:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love this band so much. Set was pretty much all my favourite songs (i.e. what you described!) so awesomer still.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://sickmouthy.com/2012/03/15/wild-beasts-live/
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 15 March 2012 10:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh man this band are fucking good.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 20 October 2012 21:15 (6 months ago) Permalink
Quite. I wonder how they'll continue to evolve...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 21 October 2012 01:22 (6 months ago) Permalink
As much as I love the last two albums I hope they do something a bit different this time. Limbo Panto is still my favourite album of theirs by far, would love them to bring back some of that style but judging by how many songs they still do live from that album I know they won't.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 21 October 2012 07:05 (6 months ago) Permalink
Limbo Panto is like a warm up or a rehearsal to me, very adolescent and untamed. Can see why people like it, but what comes afterwards is just next level. I can't see them returning to that sound at all.
They could go more electronic next, or they could go more pastoral. I could see either. Or a combination of both. There's such powerful restraint and reserve and control in Smother: I'd like to hear them really unify that with the occasional whooping, sensual cacophony of some of Two Dancers.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 21 October 2012 08:32 (6 months ago) Permalink
I love Smother, but I think Two Dancers might, just, be better. What a band.
http://sickmouthy.com/2013/02/13/wild-beasts-two-dancers-2009/
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 20:14 (3 months ago) Permalink
otm
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 21:03 (3 months ago) Permalink