― gregor vox (Gregor Vox), Saturday, 14 January 2006 00:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 14 January 2006 04:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 14 January 2006 05:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 14 January 2006 06:18 (eighteen years ago) link
Being stuck in summer weather this late in december has had a totally fucked effect on my listening patterns. Wilderness just seems so right these past few weeks, but I can't find any information about any forthcoming records seeing as how their site is down. Anybody heard anything promising lately or are these guys history?
― ryborg3k, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 05:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Wilderness are playing a few west coast dates starting tonight:
4/10/08 -- San Francisco, CA @ 12 Galaxies w/ Scout Niblett 4/11/08 -- Modesto, CA @ Cafe Deva (1202 J St.) w/ Trees & Vines 4/12/08 -- Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland w/ Scout Niblett, film projections by artist Charles Long 4/14/08 -- San Diego, CA @ The Casbah w/ Kill Me Tomorrow.
Here's an official news update from Jagjaguwar, which has a link to a clip of their recent performance with Charles Long at the Whitney Biennial.
New album on the way, apparently! I really liked the self-titled record and thought Vessel States was OK, not nearly as striking as the first one. But yeah, color me curious about the new material! I plan to be at the SF show tonight.
― mike mike, Thursday, 10 April 2008 19:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Vessel States was OK, not nearly as striking as the first one.
Too similar in tone and style and pacing to the first one, for me. But yeah, I'm curious about new material, too.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 10 April 2008 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
thirded
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 10 April 2008 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
so the new one leaked
― A bold plan drawn up by assholes to screw morons (dan m), Wednesday, 17 September 2008 15:57 (sixteen years ago) link
haven't been able to listen yet but v excited
I like it.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 17 September 2008 16:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i loved that first record, still need to get the second one....
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 16:27 (sixteen years ago) link
REALLY? i thought they had broken up. was listening to the first album just this weekend. amazing.
― cutty, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 17:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I've listened to it a couple of times now and I like it. The song where the Journey-ish bg vocals come in was good and also lol-inducing.
― A bold plan drawn up by assholes to screw morons (dan m), Thursday, 18 September 2008 04:49 (sixteen years ago) link
the guitarist's solo project LORD DOG BIRD is v v v v different and waaaay better.
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 18 September 2008 15:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Never heard of that. Must check it out. Thanks!
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 18 September 2008 15:02 (sixteen years ago) link
"chinese whisperers" holy shit
― cutty, Thursday, 18 September 2008 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93143801
― A bold plan drawn up by assholes to screw morons (dan m), Thursday, 18 September 2008 16:23 (sixteen years ago) link
The song where the Journey-ish bg vocals come in was good and also lol-inducing.
What song from the second album were you referring to? Weird, 'cause the P4K review of the third album mentions "keening backing vocals (which, somewhat disconcertingly, recall Journey's Steve Perry)." If I had to pick a current band to be "The New Journey," Wilderness wouldn't be it.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 27 November 2009 05:41 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.wildernesssounds.com/
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― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Bummer. I just got into their debut album, too - not as enamored with the follow-up.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link
were you looking for wilderness news am0n
― full government name (cutty), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
the joy division song: classic. the band: unbeknownst to me.
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
yes cutty and the news is "This Account Has Been Suspended Due To Technical OR Billing Problem"
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
wildernesssounds.com expired on 10/05/2010 and is pending renewal or deletion.
― am0n, Friday, 5 November 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
(k)no(w)here is dope
― am0n, Friday, 5 November 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
everything they've done is dope, if a little same-y.
this band should be much bigger. and they need a new album, pronto.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 6 November 2010 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I love this band especially the self titled despite my problem with bands with forced-sounding vocal weirdness.
― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Monday, 8 November 2010 23:48 (thirteen years ago) link
And the lead singer swears he hadn't heard Public Image Ltd before!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 9 November 2010 01:31 (thirteen years ago) link
riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 9 November 2010 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link
― ╔囧╗╔囧╝╚囧╝╚囧╗╔囧╗ (am0n), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
good god, the guitar in "Marginal Over" is so exquisite.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
the vocals... what the hell is going on
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 22:37 (nine years ago) link
it sounds like he's parodying something... but what?
80s adult contemporary music
― hammer smashed nagls (mattresslessness), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 22:39 (nine years ago) link
you guys really get butthurt about your music, huh
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 22:40 (nine years ago) link
he sounds kind of like David Byrne crossed with Fred Schneider
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 22:41 (nine years ago) link
lol had you never heard this before? I think John Lydon mid-80s PIL is the cleanest comparison vocal-wise.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 22:52 (nine years ago) link
I hadn't heard it before but I liked some of the bands referred to in the opening post so I thought I'd check it out. Can't say it reminds me too much of the bands mentioned, to be honest. The U2 touchpoint mentioned above seemed more fitting; I can at least hear some elements of U2 in this. I wasn't familiar with 80s PIL, but I'm listening to that now, and it's not a bad reference for the vocals. I do find the singing very distracting with this musical backdrop though... like I said, it almost sounds like he's parodying something.
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 00:53 (nine years ago) link
i was also unfamiliar with wilderness. listening to the 1st album now, they kinda sound like kitchens of distinction fronted by david yow. jmtc
― cock chirea, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 01:49 (nine years ago) link
i love this band so much
― maura, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 04:09 (nine years ago) link
Oh man, always surprising to see Wilderness discussion. Still listen to their albums regularly. Love them so so much as well.
― Evan, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 05:05 (nine years ago) link
Every time this post pops up and reminds me to listen to the first album I get so fucking happy.
― Oblique Strategies, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 05:21 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQDCdvkeNA
― am0n, Friday, 13 May 2016 15:53 (eight years ago) link
this was a pretty good band, what happened to them?
― na (NA), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
funny i just ran across this CD (the debut), stands up great! excellent PIL worship
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 15:14 (six years ago) link
Love this album forever
― Evan, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
― na (NA), Wednesday, October 11, 2017 9:32 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Every few months I ask myself the same question.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
they were great, played their CD a few months back. Feel in the mood to play it again now
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
i might be crazy but i hear a little bit of their sound in protomartyr. might just be a shared lungfish influence.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 18:20 (six years ago) link
New EP and forthcoming East Coast US tour: https://vulturefeather.bandcamp.com/album/merge-now-in-friendship
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 01:33 (six months ago) link
I'm so glad I clicked on this post yesterday because Wilderness was one of my favorite bands of the late aughts and I always wondered what became of them. Liminal Fields is lit. Terrific cover art, too.
― Andy Fox, Saturday, 2 March 2024 19:44 (six months ago) link