Wilderness - s/t

Oh man, always surprising to see Wilderness discussion. Still listen to their albums regularly. Love them so so much as well.

Every time this post pops up and reminds me to listen to the first album I get so fucking happy.

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

this was a pretty good band, what happened to them?

funny i just ran across this CD (the debut), stands up great! excellent PIL worship

Love this album forever

this was a pretty good band, what happened to them?

― 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.

they were great, played their CD a few months back. Feel in the mood to play it again now

i might be crazy but i hear a little bit of their sound in protomartyr. might just be a shared lungfish influence.

Had an urge to listen to the debut and it floors me every time. Post-Plethoric Rhetoric into Fly Further to See is just, fucking hell. Oddly, the album it mostly reminds me of - and it's totally in the rolling tumble and warmth of the rhythm section - is Bob Dylan's Desire.

I never stopped listening to them! Yeah the sequencing is great there. Debut came out when affected alienating lead vocals were all the rage in indie rock but this album doesn't sound dated cause the whole package is much more art rock than all those buzz bands from that time.

really great band

Put this album on during my evening walk yesterday, and I reached a new level of appreciation for it.
It shouldn't work -- the songs are indistinguishable from one another (except "Marginal Over"), the singer's voice should grate, the influences are too obvious -- but it somehow transcends all of that.

It totally holds up for me! Loved it since it came out in 2005

I’ve done away with a lot of promos over the years but have held onto the Wilderness discs.

The only thing that didn't age so well for me were the silly backup vocals on the 3rd LP

Maybe I shouldn't have listened again in the same week, because now the cracks are starting to show.
The start of the debut album seemed a lot more epic before I paid attention to the lyrics:

Face the facts, oh facts the face, facts the face
Trace the act, oh act the trace, act the trace
Erase the act, oh act the erase, act the erase
Replace the fact, oh fact the replace, fact the replace

Still not tired of the drummer's constant fills though.
Also, it sounds like "Post Plethoric Rhetoric" repeats the riff from "Marginal Over" but at half speed, which makes for a nice callback.

Is this new stuff on Spotify????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cv8hwzHO8M

I’m not sure if it will be? Does this label usually make these comps available for streaming?

https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/jagjaguwar_announces_fourth_and_final_installment_of_jag25_series

"Those who purchase the zine will receive one of two limited edition cassettes, either that of the previously unreleased Wilderness album Future Seats or..."

So there's a Wilderness album that was never released, but it will be available on cassette only if you hurry.

AT RANDOM. So you can't even say "Hey, Jagjaguwar, I'd prefer the Wilderness tape, thanks!"

https://www.secretlystore.com/sentimental-noise-various

Not nearly enough live footage of this band. Came across this recently. YEAH.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jbz645vP2s

So Colin McCann and Brian Gossman have a new band - Vulture Feather. They're pretty good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKK4ZU55huA

Good to see the Wilderness love. Dang, that record is good.

― (picnic, lightning) very very frightening (Chinaski), Thursday, August 31, 2023 4:42 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Indeed it is, as is their new band Vulture Feather: https://vulturefeather.bandcamp.com/album/liminal-fields

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, August 31, 2023 5:53 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

New EP and forthcoming East Coast US tour: https://vulturefeather.bandcamp.com/album/merge-now-in-friendship

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.