Artist – Album: Wild Beasts - Smother
Released: 9th
May 2011
Sounds Like: Sexy time
Kendal based indie rock group Wild Beasts are currently
producing some of the most original and intriguing sounds in modern music.
Hayden Thorpe sings in a realm that lies somewhere between the epic
theatricality of Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright and the campy falsetto of
Mika. Their dream pop, looped jangly guitars and bombastic drumming has carved
out for them their own separate niche within the alternative rock arena.
To an extent, the group drop the bombast of the percussion
here and draw out the music to atmospheric mini-epics. They’ve also become
somewhat (read completely and utterly) obsessed with sex. Case in point, opener
‘Lion’s Share’, which contains the
following perverse lyrics: “I wait until you're woozy, I won't know until your
limp, I take you in the mouth, Like a lion takes his game”. Or try this verse
on from ‘Bed of Nails’: “Our love, Frankenstein in nature and
design, Like the Shelleys on their very first time, When our bodies become
electrified, Together we bring this creature to life”. There’s always a place
for lovemaking in rock (rock and roll itself derived its name from such fooling
around), but rarely has an album been so singularly focused on the subject.
Smother isn’t Wild Beasts at their most exhilarating – a lot
of the songs here come and go subtly, gathering their discarded clothes and
sneaking out quietly while you sleep. But the album pulsates with rhythmic
endurance and is quite captivating with its sleazy and dangerous undertones. A
band to watch and an album to listen to.
Albumaday... rating:
7/10
1. Lion’s
Share – 4:14
2. Bed
of Nails – 4:18
3. Deeper
– 3:01
4. Loop
the Loop – 4:06
5. Plaything
– 4:21
6. Invisible
– 2:58
7. Albatross
– 3:12
8. Reach
a Bit Further – 3:36
9. Burning
– 4:44
10. End
Come Too Soon – 7:32
Listen to ‘Bed of
Nails ’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZaevasFRUg
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Also released on the 9th April:
2006: Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
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