Wild Beasts third album picks up where Two Dancers left off, with songs of love, longing and wanton lustIt's less than a year since Wild Beasts were pipped to the Mercury prize by the xx, but the Kendal four-piece are already back with a new album, Smother. And it seems the relative success of their last album, Two Dancers, hasn't had a detrimental effect on their sound. If anything, the band's third album further explores desire, sex and mindless brutality, themes that underpin an otherwise gen...
Guardian Music — Wild Beasts third album picks up where Two Dancers left off, with songs of love, longing and wanton lustIt's less than a year since Wild Beasts were pipped to the Mercury... more info
DrownedInSound — It’d be reductive to try and describe a timeless album like Smother as a step up from its two predecessors, or even as a surefire Mercury contender - although it is, on... more info