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Raised in the Lake District market town of Kendall, Leeds-based quartet Wild Beasts have gradually eased their way into prime position as one of the UK's best and most interesting bands since releasing their debut single 'Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants' on the local Bad Sneakers label in late 2006. The band followed up with 'Through The Night' in April 2007 by which time they had signed to Domino Records. A couple more singles later, the Tore Johansson-produced (Franz Ferdinand, Cardigans) full debut Limbo Panto was released to much applause in the summer of 2008. Wild Beasts second album Two Dancers - a change in tone but a serious step up - quickly emerged little over a year later.
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 Irish playwright Samuel Beckett once remarked: "James Joyce tries to put everything in; I try to take everything out." On their debut, 2008's Limbo, Panto, Cumbrian quartet... |
_0.jpg "Caught Live: Wild Beasts + BRAIDS @ O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London") Well-read Northerners – and recent Lady Gaga remixers – Wild Beasts get their two-night stand at SBE underway beneath... |
 Maybe Ragged Words aren't getting out enough but frankly we're a bit surprised Wild Beasts have so thoroughly sold out The Academy. There's such little room among the 850 that have squeezed through the doors that apparently Domino Records part-owner Harry Martin, whose bands are topping tonight'... |
 An album that will "kick you up the arse, steal your girlfriend and leave you crying out for more", Wild Beasts new album Two Dancers, released in August, is among the year's best. While getting ready for their biggest headline tour to date which started earlier this month, singer Hayden... |
 Amid the dross of UK indie-rock in 2008, Wild Beasts stood apart on their thrilling, if flawed debut, Limbo, Panto. Striking a remarkable dash, with Hayden Thorpe’s extraordinary falsetto their calling card, the Leeds-based quartet wrote songs about blokish pursuits (sex,... |
