'Limbo, Panto' is the debut album by Wild Beasts. A cursory glance at the record’s tracklisting: 'Vigil For A Fuddy Duddy', The Old Dog, Cheerio Chaps, will quickly inform you of the band’s distinct personality. The title alone gives notice that, like Alice falling down the rabbit hole, as soon as you press play you are leaving the workaday world of skinny jeans and third-from-the-top-of-the-bill-festival-chorus-structures and entering a new, quite strange and highly individual environment. One listen to the record will leave you confounded, enchanted, perhaps confused. One thing is certain; you won’t hear a record or a band like this at any other time this year.
Wild Beasts are an extremely rare proposition, a band happy to stand or fall on their own terms letting their muse be their wayward guide. Undeniable and refreshing let them seep out of the limestone and into your consciousness by, to quote Brave, Bulging Clairvoyants:
“Adopting this young spirit of sin / to make the most, before we turn to ghost.”
It’s a Wild ride.
Catch Wild Beasts on tour:
September27 Aylesbury Civic Centre Main Support to Foals
28 Cardiff University Main Support to Foals
29 Norwich UEA Main Support to Foals
30 Nottingham Rock City Main Support to Foals
October
2 Hull University Main Support to Foals
3 Liverpool Academy Main Support to Foals
4 Aberdeen Music Hall Main Support to Foals
6 London Barbican Main Support to Tricky
7 Newcastle Carling Academy Main Support to Foals
9 Leeds Academy Main Support to Foals
10 Lincoln Engine Shed Main Support to Foals
12 Southampton Guild Hall Main Support
www.myspace.com/wildbeasts2 Hull University Main Support to Foals
3 Liverpool Academy Main Support to Foals
4 Aberdeen Music Hall Main Support to Foals
6 London Barbican Main Support to Tricky
7 Newcastle Carling Academy Main Support to Foals
9 Leeds Academy Main Support to Foals
10 Lincoln Engine Shed Main Support to Foals
12 Southampton Guild Hall Main Support
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