“Plaything” from Wild Beasts’ latest album, Smother, hunts to devour and salvage. “We're very Britsh and we talk about sex a lot,” Ben Little chuckles. Indeed: British Cultural and literary references abound. (Just look to Samual Taylor Coleridge in “Albatross” and Mary Shelley in “Bed of Nails“)
The band's composition rows in unison. The percussion narrates the lyrics, for instance, while the singing translates the guitar. The reason the band “blends” so well is because they’ve known each other for over ten years and playing together is what they do.
Wild Beasts are on a North American Tour, and will be playing Atlanta, Georgia tonight. More dates:
Wild Beasts tour dates
September
20 – Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse with Bobby
21 Chapel Hill, NC Cat's Cradle with Bobby
22 Baltimore SONAR with Bobby
23 Brooklyn – Music Hall of Williamsburg with Bobby
24 Brooklyn – Music Hall of Williamsburg with Bobby
27 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club with Bobby
28 Montreal Cabaret Mile-End
29 Toronto Mod Club w/ Still Life Still
30 Detroit, MI Magic Bag with Bobby
October
01 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall with Twin Sister
02 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall with Twin Sister
04 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater with Twin Sister
07 Seattle, WA Neptune with EMA
08 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret with EMA
09 Portland, OR Doug Fir with EMA
11 Santa Cruz, CA Rio Theatre with EMA
13 LA, CA Echoplex with EMA
15 Mexico City – Corona Capital Festival
18 San Francisco – Treasure Island Festival
