Wild Beasts - Limbo Panto

according to iTunes, his has a 20-minute bonus track, which seems...out of character.

jesus that song/video :/

So they're going for a more pop vibe. Let's see how it plays out, I still love everything they've done.

I'm all for them going in a pop direction but they need to remember the tunes. Get My Bang is probably my least favourite song they've done.

I really like the song n general, still trying to get my head around that title/hook tho

sounds like hot chip

last track on the anohni album reminds me of early wild beasts

I don't mind the new single, but I also hope it's a red herring

(xpost) Yeah - I got a Hot Chip feel from it too!

it's the backing vocals that made me first think that

Strongly disagree about Limbo Panto. Much prefer the way they handled their pompous tendencies on Two Dancers and Smother. Present Tense had good ideas but it's not as great imo.

otm Listened to Two Dancers again some days ago and for the time it is playing it really convinces you to be one of the finest albums of recent years. Such a well-balanced and constantly high level of songwriting and production.

yep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRFtHO180tg

I like this better than Get My Bang

It is better than Get My Bang but it doesn't really excite me at all like anything from the first three albums. They seem to have lost the magic somewhere.

I like Big Cat. It's Wild Beasts on autopilot but that's cool with me.

Does any other band cover sex in a similar way? They seem to have a pretty unique spin on machismo. Their key virtue imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNy54uzxR2I - more like it

Another new one:

http://diymag.com/2016/07/25/wild-beasts-get-grizzly-with-tough-guy

got my download code, sounds pretty good so far! don't hate 'get my bang' in the context of the album

interesting album closer

Interesting how?

this LP reminds me of St Vincent's self-titled record

well it accounts for almost 1/3 of the running time for one, xp

well i take that back apparently it's a bonus track/companion piece

some sort of ambient thing?

yeah like an ambient/demos/acoustic/lofi sound collage

So uh I kinda love this album

It's produced by John Congleton so the St Vincent thing is understandable.

This is a slight improvement over Present Tense for me but it's nowhere near the quality of the first three albums. I don't really have any use for the first four songs. Tough Guy does sound a lot like St Vincent, it sounds like a bad impression of Birth In Reverse. I do really like the run from Celestial Creatures to He The Colossus but that's about it.

"2BU" is the standout for me.

Yeah, I like that one a lot. Those 80s synths are a nice touch.

Oh wow: I actually came here for the first time in years to start a thread asking after a survey of quavery voices — edgy things in the Wild Beasts / Parenthetical Girls / Frog Eyes kind of vein — and this was already sitting on top of New Answers!

I generally agree with your assessment, KP, though I think "Present Tense" is very solid. Overall I feel the lyrics on the new one are really weak, which puts me off. From what I've read this is sort of an album they wanted to get out of their system.

Getting big Simple Minds vibes from this one

Bonus tracks/b-sides are kicking around, and they're top-notch as always. "Maze" is a beauty.

Yes, I think "Maze" is wonderful.

Where can I get Maze? Can't see it on iTunes.

I have it on the bonus 7" that came with the deluxe vinyl.

*loathing* this so far. what the living fuck happened to these guys?

I'm not blown away but loathing is v strong. Last one was a mellow grower. What's upsetting you?

i'm kind of enjoying the butt-rock touches

i dunno man. you're right though.. i need to stay away from it and re-listen in 6 months. i think the Pitch4k review nails it

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22139-boy-king/

I don't hate the new album but I'm so disappointed in how much they've fallen off since Smother. First two records are perfect and Smother is really great but they've completely lost me on these latest two. Even the best songs on these albums don't come anywhere near the quality of their earlier albums.

That Pitchfork review is just about spot on. 6.8 is pretty generous though.

It's their Hot Space

The first album is horrific imo other than Devil's Crayon. Two Dancers was where they really got it together, Smother was a continuation and then the two most recent ones are merely OK.

The first album is horrific imo other than Devil's Crayon

i can see that album would jar greatly if you don't like the particular histrionics on it but HIS GRINNING SKULL is surely the best song they ever made

(i don't know why i shouted that song title, sorry if that sounded hostile)

They haven't duetted properly since Smother, have they?