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09/05 Was okay
nothing special at all... two bad
Ok but I can see why this is not popular/I'd never heard of it Backing music is better than lyrics/vocals
I can usually get behind wild vocal stuff. Even from the time this came out there are bands like Future Islands and The Dirty Projectors that I really like. This one is played very well and the vocals are technically sung well but I just can’t get into it and I’m not sure why. Too safe maybe?? I doubt I’ll be revisiting this but I’ve been wrong before.
Same review 2 days in a row... Average indie band
Would have been a much better album without the vocals
Not a band or an album I've ever heard of before. Musically this is a lot of things I like in one place. Will likely get repeated listenings.
This one is kind of odd. I like some of the backing tracks, but I'm not a huge fan of the vocals generally. They started to get better the more I got used to it though. Overall I didn't really enjoy it but I've definitely heard worse albums.
i'm not smart enough for this album
ich ha immer angst wenn 2000er sache debi sind wells denn afoch musig isch wo nonig würkli het müese nochhaltig sich hebe. ich ha noniie vo dene ghört aber bin etz ehner positiv überrascht emfall. sehr kreativi songs cooli stimme und allgemein sehr guet produziert. zimli melodiös und warm irgendwie. schluss wird chli sehr düster und ich ha etz nöd soobock zums nomol lose
Not awesome
This was…..really fucking strange
Okay.
Day 382 Once I got used to the voice I quite enjoyed this. Highlights All the kings men Two dancers
Я не можу заперечити, що це цікава музика і щось в ній є. Проте мені завжди складно було, коли рівень артистичності починав зашкалювати, а тут такого вистачає. Плюс вокал своєрідний. Не можу сказати, що вдалося до нього притертися. Хай буде 3, бо повторюсь, це принаймні було цікаво.
Цікавий альбом, дуже NMEшний такий. Прочитав що він програв меркурі прайз дебютному ХХ у 2010. Думаю зараз можна сказати що ця музика постарішала краще (і цікавіше) ніж ХХ. Оцінка десь між 3.5 та 4, поставлю 4 навіть. This is Our Lot - хайлайт, басова партія дуже запам'ятовується.
It gets kinda good for a bit then it gets kinda shit for a bit
Definitely an interesting listen and I really loved the music. The guitars reminded me of early R.E.M. The vocals were at times great and other times ... not so great. It's interesting it came right after Libertines for me as they seem to sit in the same place.
Never heard of this before. It was alright but the parts where he did the high vocals was a bit screechy and made me cringe a bit.
The guitar is what was the standout on this album. I really enjoyed the intro, The Fun Powder Plot, and had really high hopes for the rest of the album. Unfortunately, that tapered off pretty quick. However, the guitar and spacey production kept my interest alive. I wouldn't revisit this, but I am glad I listened. Indie rock is my bag. Although this isn't a standout, it was enjoyable. Favorite Tracks: The Fun Powder Plot Hooting & Howling Two Dances (ii) Through the Iron Gate
Gently Take Them From Me 1001 Albums Generator 335 (8/25/2026) Great instrumentals here. While it's mostly driven by the guitar, songs like This Is Our Lot show a really interesting rhythm section as well. I get why some people don't like the falsetto voice, but it really didn't bother me. 4/5. Favs: The Fun Powder Plot Two Dancers (ii) This Is Our Lot Least Fav: Underbelly
I have no idea what set this album apart from the thousands of other indie bands of the 2000s era
Eh, this wasn't really my thing. Too moody, too slow, no memorable melodies. I wouldn't listen again.
Some good songs, but most are quite forgettable.
what a colossal waste of time
One more album that sounds indistinguishable from dozens of other albums on this list.
Really, really, bad Orange Juice rip off.
This should be so much better tbh
Очень даже зашло
I liked that a lot! I especially enjoyed the guitarwork. I just didn't like the falsetto very much, so I hope that will grow on me on relistens.
A perfectly decent indie rock album, but with a slightly split personality. Songs and (especially vocal) styles seem to tug in different and not super complementary directions.
I definitely bought this on CD because the music press were RAVING about it. The reason for that raving escapes me now.
"Afrobeat and rockabilly infused '00s post-punk lent circus surrealism by Hayden Thorpe's rich falsetto and arcane lyrics" does not sound like something I would enjoy. Maybe their other albums are different? I thought this was perfectly deft indie-rock-infused pop. I can't say I'd be tripping over the ottoman to listen to it again, but it was good.
It's not my cup of tea, but I could say that the album is quite interesting. A mixture of high-pitched hypnotic vocals with relaxed drums creates a spiritual atmosphere
A nice surprise. An act I’ve never come across before. Very listenable.
1.2/5 I've never heard of this band before today and by tomorrow I think I'll have forgotten them again. Completely unremarkable music with a singer who's voice really grated on my ears. Tough listen
Wild Beasts, c’est typiquement le genre de groupe qui me rappelle pourquoi j’aime tant me plonger dans la scène art rock britannique et Two Dancers en apportant son originalité ne déroge pas à régle. Cet album est tout simplement une merveille de sensualité et d’élégance baroque. Le groupe y déploie une pop sophistiquée, portée par le contraste fascinant entre deux voix uniques : le falsetto aérien, presque théâtral de Hayden Thorpe, et le baryton sombre, guttural et terrien de Tom Fleming. Ce jeu de duétistes crée une dynamique constante, une sorte de valse permanente entre le sublime et le vulgaire, le délicat et le charnel. Dès les premières notes de l’album ou sur l'incontournable All the King's Men, on comprend que le disque ne va pas simplement chercher à nous faire danser, mais à nous séduire par des chemins de traverse. Les guitares s’entrelacent avec une précision d’orfèvre, les lignes de basse sont sinueuses à souhait et la rythmique reste d’une retenue exemplaire. La production, en laissant respirer chaque instrument, donne une ampleur folle à ces compositions pourtant très intimes. Les thèmes abordés tournent autour de la masculinité, du désir, de la nuit et de la vulnérabilité. Ils sont traités avec une écriture littéraire poétique mais jamais pédante. C’est sexy, élégant, parfois légèrement dérangeant, mais toujours mené avec une maîtrise de la mélodie assez bluffante. Avec le recul, Two Dancers s’impose comme une œuvre charnière de son époque, parvenant à concilier l’exigence intellectuelle de l’art rock avec une accessibilité immédiate. Là où beaucoup d'autres se sont perdus dans des postures exagérément complexes ou des productions datées, Wild Beasts a su préserver une forme de grâce intemporelle. En réécoutant ce disque aujourd'hui, je remarque qu'il a conservé cette capacité de maintenir une tension permanente sans jamais céder à la facilité ni faire d'esbroufe inutile. A l'époque dans le paysage indépendant des années 2000, saturé de groupes qui braillaient leurs riffs punk-revival à la chaîne, Wild Beasts faisait déjà figure d'ovni, traçant un sillon d'une élégance presque insolente qui laissait la concurrence à des kilomètres. C'est précisément cette audace feutrée et cette retenue dramatique qui font toute la magie de l'album : chaque arrangement semble pesé au milligramme près, chaque rupture vocale apporte sa charge d'érotisme et de mystère, faisant de cette écoute une expérience quasi hypnotique. Au final, réécouter Two Dancers, c'est retrouver la preuve évidente qu'une musique exigeante n'a pas besoin d'être ennuyeuse ou froide pour marquer les esprits. Wild Beasts nous livre ici une œuvre vibrante, organique et habitée, qui s'impose sans mal comme une pierre d'angle essentielle de l'art rock moderne et un disque vers lequel je reviens toujours avec le même plaisir intact. Bref, un album remarquable, habité et définitivement incontournable de cette époque qui coche toutes les cases pour mériter son très beau 4 sur 5.
Felt like the sort of music I should like, but just kinda didn't. Found it really hard to actually pay attention to the full album, most of it just kinda became background music. Wouldn't choose to put it on, but wouldn't complain if someone else did. Favourite: All The King's Men Least Favourite: When I'm Sleepy Very rough per-song ratings: 33423323233
I liked this one. I get that the vocals are maybe an acquired taste but I liked it, I think the shift between the deeper singing and the falsetto might be necessary for the album to hold your attention. I enjoyed the dreamy feel of the songs. I think the lyrics often weren’t good, but I liked the instrumentation. I’m not sure I liked it enough that I would listen again in the future, it faded into the background for me after a while, even with the singing. Fav song: Empty Nest Least fav: When I’m Sleepy…
Really not sure why this one was included in the list. Didn’t feel special at all and very forgettable. Not bad to listen to in fairness. Specific rating - 3.2 Fav song - hooting and howling Least fav- when I’m sleepy
I've a strong preference for one of the singers over the other-if it was just the songs sung by Tom Fleming (and Hooting & Howling) I would love this album but as it is the good doesn't outweigh the annoying. Also I'm obsessed with the name The Fun Powder Plot (even though I didn't like the song). Favourite song: All The King's Men Least: The Fun Powder Plot
A lovely surprise to find this on here, as my memory of Wild Beasts is that they were a fairly niche concern. It's also nice to have Kendal represented on the Project. This was a big old blast of nostalgia for me - I saw them twice, both times at Manchester Cathedral (I think) and both times with my cousin, who, to my knowledge, I've never seen any other act with. We just connect over Wild Beasts. So that was nice. It's also got to be said that, regardless of the nostalgia, it was a very, very good listen. The vocals are not going to be to everyone's tastes, but they definitely are to mine, and there's an ethereal style to the music that really gets me going.
Vervelende vocals zeg pfff
Halverwege uitgezet. Matige landfill indie uit de zeroes met strontvervelende vocals. Het is vrolijk en poppy, dat maakt het nog ergens wat uit te houden, maar er bestaat te veel goede muziek om hier langer naar te luisteren.
I love the singing from Wild Beasts - it’s a deal breaker- as everything is sung at full commitment. 2009/10 was really the pinnacle for indie electro in terms of mainstream popularity. I was at uni when it came out - and it still sounds great today. Solid 4
I was an NME reader in 2009 so I must have heard Two Dancers at the time. I've been conscious of Wild Beasts to differing degrees since this time but never quite arrived at an opinion. This is the most smart and sophisticated version of indie rock from this era. They make unique and atmospheric use of the same set of instruments that every other band uses. The spacey yet crisp production is to die for - they are going all out for a dreamy, regretful, summertime atmosphere in the instrumentals and the fragrant, elaborate vocals add nicely to this. Compositionally though there isn't a lot that grabs me. My kind of indie rock really goes for the jugular, and despite Wild Beasts' occasional bouts of passion, they are mostly indirect and vibey. I think this is why they've never stuck in my mind and I've spent a lifetime skirting around listening to them properly.
I'm beyond delighted that Two Dancers is on the list! A low 5 for me and a v formative indie album that I return to frequently and have loved since release.
Kind of boring and repetitive. Lyrical delivery was draining over the whole album and there wasn't any real energy to the performance. 2/5 Won't listen again
Though at the start I was kinda into it, it falls flat by the end. Their sound isn't that fresh, I thought of many other bands while listening, vut the bigger crime is that it all sounds the same in the end. Im not that into it
Indie art rock and chamber pop built from elegant guitars, restrained rhythms, atmospheric keyboards, and theatrical vocals feels like being invited to an immaculate dinner party where everyone is beautifully dressed and speaking in carefully chosen sentences. There is plenty of sophistication and atmosphere, but I often felt more like an observer than a participant. The album's polished elegance and emotional restraint create a distinctive mood, yet for me the songs don't provide enough variation or immediacy to become truly engaging.
Sort of interesting
It's fun--and surprisingly rare--to get two in a row new (to me) artists/bands and albums that I really enjoyed. And in retrospect, yesterday's Beth Orton album seems very mainstream compared to Wild Beast's "Two Dancers"; the Wikipedia entry claims that this album is their top-selling one (presumably because of the Mercury Prize nomination) and by 2018 had about 55K sales in the UK. They have a very distinctive sound, and I'll admit it takes a while to acclimate to Hayden Thorpe's very convincing falsetto as much as the band's eclectic style, but despite all of that I enjoyed everything (and also appreciated having equal weight for Tom Fleming's lead vocals on alternating tracks). There are aspects of Radiohead, TV On the Radio, LCD Soundsystem and even The War on Drugs at times, but not in a derivative way, and I enjoyed the oddball videos to "Hooting & howling", "All the king's men" (which totally reminded me of the video for "Stillness is the move" by Dirty Projectors) and "We still got the taste dancin' on our tongues". Best of all, there aren't really any duds, assuming you find your way into their groove; my only regret was that we didn't get their first single from the previous album, "Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants". Well done, Dirty Beasts!
Most enjoyable as a novelty--it's hard for me to take falsettos seriously.
2 3
An old favourite! Saw the band live once and it’s the only time I’ve been right at the front of the stage for a gig (by mistake). Music good, hated staring practically up the trouser leg of the singer. Favourite track: We Still Got the Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues
My first review of this wasn't very nice, but thanks to this being a weekend album, I dared to give it a second listen, and... well... I still have to say I really don't like it. The kindest thing I can think to say about this is that the instrumentation is adequate enough to have earned it a 2 - maybe a 3 - but the obtuse lyrics and terrible vocalization irreparably kill it for me. If they had zigged more into Tom Fleming and zagged less onto Hayden Thorpe this might have been passable, but damn that falsetto ruins everything it touches. And regardless, the lyrics are mostly artsy garbage, so I guess it really wouldn't have mattered who sang them.
This was fine enough upon first listen. It just didn’t impact me enough either way. I meant to give it a second listen, and I just didn’t really feel motivated to do it.
Pretty damn good.
and the worst voice of all time award goes to
Despite Hooting & Howling being their lead single on the album and being the first track to catch my attention, I clicked much more with All The King's Men and When I'm Sleepy... I also couldn't help but notice that this vocalist sounds a lot like the vocalist from Glass Animals.
This was not the worst album on the list, but every song blended into the next until it became one long, beige soundtrack.
has its ups, has its obnoxious downs
Really cool, spacey music with a siren wailing over the whole thing. The vocals didn’t really do it for me.
Not too bad but the vocals were very singular and interesting.
It's been years since I've listened to this but still great. Mid 3s.
3 - not sure what they’re attempting here
Decent enough electronica RUINED by hyperactive falsetto. I almost fell for the first track, and the vocals kicked in and I was immediately turned off. The entire album felt like a college performing art project that was weird for the sake of being weird, without doing anything with the weirdness. Made me feel like a plebe for not getting the purpose, when no purpose was attempted. My rating: 1/5
Takie wycie
Pretty average 2009/10 sounding album
Getting more and more evidence supporting my suspicion that any album within spitting distance of a Mercury Prize is featured on this list. The drumming is tight across the whole record and there’s a strong atmosphere, but as songs I don’t find a lot of purchase here. I had a lot of trouble with the lead vocal performance - that vibrato and affect were tough. This is probably a bad faith take, but it sounds like Thorpe was trying to make himself as difficult to understand as possible. On paper his voice is impressive; on record it’s distracting. (Tom Fleming’s voice is much more to my taste; I think I’d like this more if he sang lead on the whole thing. “Two Dancers (i)” was an actual highlight, “dancing cock” lyric aside.) I can hear some influence from this, maybe; reminded me of Two Door Cinema Club or even, like, Cold War Kids. At least those guys could write a hook. This is too precious, too self-conscious for me to get down to. And god knows I can’t sing along. I would maybe be more generous if they didn’t come off as being so, so serious. Once I parsed the lyricism I found the songs to be overwritten to the point of pretension. And he sings “This is a booty call!” in the opening song like an opera diva would sing an aria. It just doesn’t work.
Music is strong, but not feeling vocals
Wavered between background noise and annoying
People usually say that, of a specific style or artistic current, the future will remember two: who did it first, and who did it best. This record, unfortunately, is neither; it packs every cliché of late-00s indie and delivers them with little life and panache.
i like his voice. the band is ok
Yeah, they certainly have their own thing going. So points for originality, I guess. But the voice is tough work for me. Barely intelligible, and somewhat reminiscent of Anohni, whose voice some people find enthralling and fascinating, but whose vocal register somehow really grinds me down.
This had me Hooting & Howling.
1017 - "Here's your juice box and orange slice. Thanks for coming."
Kinda liked it but not sure it’s a 4
Kind of a lite beer Bowie - not bad, and I admire the effort, but it's missing something.
Very generic indie album from the mid 00’s. That’s the best you could do for that year Dimery?
Did not leave an impression.
More mediocre indie pop from Britain. Not exactly awful, but awfully generic and definitely not an essential listen.
Album #400. I hoped for one I knew, or one I could be excited about. Instead I got an album that is not well rated and reviewed on this site. I never heard of Wild Beasts, so I had no idea what to expect. I did read a few reviews and the consistent comments were about the annoying vocals. This made me very uncertain about what I'd be listening to today. As soon as The Fun Powder Plot began I was intrigued. I loved it musically, but the falsetto took a moment to get used to. Once I found that it's not the only singing voice I settled in and really liked the song. Hooting and Howling was the same, with a shaky start and then it settled in to a fun and interesting song. I didn't love all of it. There were a few songs that were a bit more boring. But for the most part I really enjoyed it. Standouts were The Fun Powder Plot, We Still Got the Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues, Two Dancers (i), and This is Our Lot.
#443 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ❌ ✅ I'm quite annoyed at this being called rock music. They're a pop band with rock affectations. I'm also finding this very pretentious, reminds me of the "chamber pop" fad that swepts the mainstream at one point where the plainest of songs were praised like it was Beethoven's sixth symphony. This is one of the albums that got under my skin. I became increasingly annoyed while trying to listen to the whole album. Spiteful 1/5
Buy on Vinyl: No Perfectly fine album, just not really my taste of music.
Tiny Tim and Yoko Ono were playing with us, right? This was just ear-numbingly horrid.. Oh wait, if my ears were numb it wouldn't have been so painful. Beyond that --- mysogeny.
I would like this as an instrumental album, but those vocals. That is some truly awful falsetto. Yikes.
What in the spirit of Yoko Ono did I just listen to? I mean I'm all for weird art stuff but I prefer it find it's audience and not sneak up on me. I can see someone being really into this and playing it for friends while their friends try and not look horrified.
What a chore!
Not my cup of tea. I didn't not like the vocalist at all. Reminds me of lesbian music
This whole album gives a very 2010s alternative vibe. Kinda nostalgic. I don't really love the singers, but the instrumentals are cool.
Surprisingly good. Probably not an album I needed to hear, but I enjoyed it a lot nonetheless
This is what people who don't like Radiohead accuse Radiohead of sounding like
That was kind of all over the place and derivative all at the same time. Quite the feat to manage both of those at once. Bright spots: Hooting & Howling and Through the Iron Gate. It's listenable, just not great.
Llegué a activar el edit para solo dejar un comentario, entiendo porque no le gusto a la gente, uno de los albums que sencillamente no me agradó ni llamó la atención en ningún sentido. Horrendo.
Very 2010 indie sounding album. Never really got along with the vocals. Too much wailing, and even though it wasn't the case, the falsettos felt borderline out of tune at times. Gave me same vibes as the singer from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, which is tolerable in small volumes but gets tiresome after a while. That aside, I found most of the songs decent. 'This Is Our Lot' had a cool bassline and rhythm to it. Now that I skim through it, I realize it sounds almost identical to the first track. Huh. If the singer could just disappear, this might have something. But for now it's a mid 3.
I knew I was in for some hipster bullshit when I saw "The Fun Powder Plot" as the opening track. But the joke's on you—I enjoy hipster bullshit sometimes, and I really enjoyed this. It reminded me quite a bit of Alt-J. The vocals somehow worked, and there were plenty of great hooks. I particularly liked "All the King's Men" and "We Still Got the Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues." I'm honestly kind of surprised I hadn't heard this before, as I think I would have devoured it when it was released. I clearly have a soft spot for hipster bullshit. Weak 4. Cool find.
Its so boring
Some songs were alright. They at least had a unique sounds. Vocals really worked at points, but other times were annoying.
The androgynous vocals give this record an edge. There is also ambition in the compositions but the music is very much of this era.
More tame than wild
It was ok. Not great or bad.
Interesting - not my favorite but nice hooks/sounds.
This was fine. I didn’t mind it.
Kind of cool. Kind of interesting. Find myself losing interest steadily as we progress through the album. Dance rock background music? That could be either a bold, wild, quixotic, paradoxical enterprise ... or a bad idea. This distinctly leans toward the second.
Painful to listen to this album. Made my ears bleed profusely.
I was very curious about this record, another one I'd never heard of, because the reviews were so incredibly divergent. Shortly after putting it on I stopped being curious and just was irritated.
This is the most 2009 album of all time. The falsetto was funny enough that it's not a 1 star but the instrumental backing was kinda tired.
zzz indie
To be honest I thought this would be worse than it wound up being. It was fine. Vocals are unique and take some getting used to, but musically it’s moderately interesting in the late 2000s indie way. No idea what the dude was saying half the time so can’t comment on any of the lyrical content but overall it was fairly pleasant if not groundbreaking. I did get this album immediately after the latest XX album which was a bit of a drag.
cheeks
Don’t hate the music, but the vocal delivery is painful.
Trying to be Barenaked Ladies but British
Meh
Liked the vibe, didn't really get on with the lead singers voice.
2/5. This album actuallly starts off pretty solid with the opener “The Fun Powder Plot” which has a good groove to it and the falsetto vocals work well on top of it. But the rest of the album just feels like a distillation of all the most annoying aspects of 2000’s indie rock. Even in its short run-time the vocals veer pretty quickly from quirky/charming to irritating, and the instrumentals feel very bland/mechanical.
Not familiar with the band but I listen to things like it. Bizarre alt electronic acts that's definitely not going to be for everyone. Not sure why this one is considered a must listen to compared to other similar acts.
Guitar was cool
Lackadaisical indie sounds. Not a lot of bite. Guy can sing in a high voice, good for him I guess
I thought this was really good.
A whole album of Bono's Lemon voice with a tenth of the charm.
Boring, nothing special. But not bad.
Let me tell you about an album that I haven't found in this list. Gustavo Cerati's Bocanada, his second solo album, 3rd since leaving Soda Stereo. It's perfect from start to finish, indispensable listen for "rock en español", spaning several genres like electronic, dub, trip-hop, ballads, stadium rock. Yet it's not in the list, and this Wild Beasts' thing is... it's fine I guess.
Nothing wrong with this album, I just don't like a lot of indie rock because I'm not a fan of the guitar work. I don't like the style of picked out chords with chorus and reverb drenched all over it.
Tame tunes. Turgidly dull.
First DNF. First few notes were intriguing and then the singing started. Reminiscent of XX but instead of being mostly mediocre, these guys are actively bad. Do yourself a favor and skip to Two Dancers first. This song is listenable. If you truly enjoy it, go on to the rest of the album. If you merely think it is “not bad,” stop and save yourself 45 minutes of audio pain.
putrid
Wild beasts, tame music
Yeah this one was a stinker. Kind of like Django Django, the instrumentals were not bad but the vocals were insulting to the ears. I don't know why Spotify has lyrics when the words are barely enunciated.
The first track of this album absolutely blew to listen to after listening to yesterdays Johnny Cash album this morning. The vocals on this one are sung like he's scared his mom is going to walk in on him recording. This might clear a 2-3 as an instrumental album, or w/o the falsetto. shit had me neither hooting nor howling. I don't like their fence sitting on Two Dancers either, just pick one or make it one track. they play back to back. smdh
another album whose place on this list makes me wonder. It’s like if Glass Animals and As Tall as Lions had a supergroup, but didn’t channel either of those sounds as well as they did individually. It’s fine, but nothing stands out really.
nah
Super cool, gave me an Arcade Fire vibe. I was not as put off by the vocals as others were, especially towards the end of the album, but that’s just one of those intangible elements.
Wow.
I was deeply, deeply, deeply annoyed by this album. Not since The Thrills have I found music so enjoyable while simultaneously wishing the singer would trade his voice to Ursula for a pair of legs.
Vampire Weekend - Contra, self-titled Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Passion Pit - Manners The Shins - any Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History Metronomy Foster the People - Torches Young The Giant Metric All albums that came out in or around 2009. All albums would have been immeasurably better additions to this list than this record. Indie electronic / indie pop was all that I listened to in high school, yet I’d never heard of Wild Beasts. And I think for good reason. Sure, Passion Pit’s insanely high falsetto vocals were an acquired taste, but there’s just not much to appreciate about the excessive vibrato falsetto of this singer. The instrumentation has some decent moments, but it’s not enough to balance things out. There have been so many deserved picks on this list, but stuff like this erodes a lil bit of credibility!
Mid
Kinda reminds me of the smiths. But also after hearing the whole thing it just is not my style. There are some songs that sound decent but then others I just do not like. The vocals are also too high of a pitch for me
2.5
Fun Powder Plot is a solid name for a song.
Not very memorable, nor something I felt compelled to listen to again. Nothing about it was bad it just didn't hook me.
It was alright until the vocals came in. What was it about that time period that so many singers tried to sing in the highest register they could hit. Thom Yorke did it sparingly and it worked, but this guy (and others) try it constantly, and it most certainly does not work. At least for me.
No comment
Just my kinds of tunes
Excitingly pleasant!
A bit edgy and different, but I kind of liked it.
4.5 - what a fantastic, crazy, inventive record. I love albums that could be no one else.
I’d never heard of this band despite, apparently, them enjoying a Mercury Prize nomination moment. In sound and lyrical style it’s kind of a cross between Orange Juice and The Associates, but without the charm of the former or the grandeur of the latter.
pretty good! had a nice vibe to it but the singing didn't really do it for me, not bad but not what my brain wanted
album #88 do i think it's deserving of being on the list? no. is the first track fucking hilarious (with or without intention) absolutely. albums receiving awards should not automatically make them a contender for this list. this was boring. ꩜ average track rating: 2.1/5 ꩜ favourite track(s): the fun powder pot ꩜ least favourite track(s): all the king's men, we still got the taste ꩜ album rating: ★★☆☆☆ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 1,001 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 42 ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 18 ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 70
Overall I liked this. It was nice background music. Sounded like a rainy day.
Der Horror geht weiter! Das Gejaule ist einfach unerträglich.
Het is een stuk nieuwer dan ik had verwacht, ik schatte dit op het gehoor in als een product van de inmiddels zowel fameuze als beruchte jaren tachtig. Maar dit zijn dus eerder de broertjes van Muse als de neefjes van Frank Boeijen. En ik geef toe, het ís ook moeilijk om iets origineels te maken. Voor deze lui in ieder geval wel. Dus geen echt hoog cijfer, jammer de bammer.
Zeg het maar. Waarom moet dit nu weer in de lijst. Ok, het heeft iets van sfeer. En ok, je voelt de potentie. Maar het komt voorlopig toch niet helemaal uit de verf? Het is ons wel beter voorgeschoteld. Zijn het dan toch die rare uithalen en die rare afbreking van Underbelly, die dit het boek induwen? Lekker kunstzinnig zeker weer? Nou, zelf met dit soort gekkigheden kan je vergeetbaar zijn.
Poeh, dit is niet mijn kopje thee. De muziek gaat nog wel, van die dromerige artsy farsty pop. Maar dan gaat er een figuur overheen janken, die klinkt als de liefdesbaby van Jimmy Summerville van Bronski Beat en Kate Bush. Clownesk, aanstellerig, kitsch, eurovisie songfestival. Dat zijn de termen die in me opkomen. En een partij krachttermen natuurlijk, maar die zal ik hier laten voor wat het is. De muziek is ergens niet eens heel slecht, het heeft iets weg van Arcade Fire en die heb ik pas nog met 4 sterren beloond. In theorie zou dit album dus ook die potentie kunnen hebben, ware het niet dat we hier nog nooit van gehoord hebben en ze geen hitjes hebben gescoord, waar je je op kan verheugen. Vervolgens is er die rare hoge stem, die ik echt totaal niet trek. Het werkt gigantisch op mijn zenuwen. En dat maakt het zelfs twijfelen tussen een 1 en een 2. Ik heb de neiging om het uit te zitten, maar zie dat ik nog maar een kwartiertje hoef, dus ik weersta die neiging. Ook omdat op het nummer hierna er wel met een normale stem gezongen wordt. Nipt een 2.
5/10
The fun powder plot - 3 Hooting & howling - 3 All the king's men - 2 When i'm sleepy - 2 We still got the taste dancin' on our tongues - 3 Two dancers (i) - 3 Two dancers (ii) - 3 This is our lot - 3 Underbelly - 2 Empty nest - 3
This started out as a great instrumental album…And then they started singing.
For those that missed the lyrics on the opening track: "This is a booty call, my boot up your asshole. This is a Freudian slip, my slipper in your bits." This is what Boy George and 80s synth pop evolved into.
Decent musicianship. Lyrics and vocals are too weak to entertain.
Heard it now, not going to be convinced I needed to. 80s influenced art pop, rhythmic minimal and if we call the vocals fragile, well let’s leave it at that. Except can’t. I would rather view it as pretentious self absorbed dog shit. In an alternate universe I liked the smiths and so like this, but in this one I don’t. So Another damning I am putting at the door of Morrissey. Was going to give it a big 2 but feeling generous today so sod it let it have the full 1 star. No more please, if I had to hear this bloke again ever it will be too soon. Then I read that there were 2 vocalists wtf doing the same falsetto out of tune, theatrical bollox, wtf - why? There’s a very fine line to that kind of singing and you really need to be able to sing and have range like J. Buckley to pull it off, it’s the vocal equivalent of playing a violin vs a guitar, if you aren’t really good it just ends up sounding like an excruciating turd. No didn’t enjoy this.
80/100. Wild Beasts aren't interested in sounding like everyone else. The singing is a huge part of that. The theatrical vocals could easily be divisive, but for me they add character and emotion to the songs. Combined with the instrumentation, they help create a dreamlike atmosphere that becomes more absorbing as the album progresses. The middle of the album through to the end is genuinely excellent. The album explores what happens when people are drawn toward one another by forces they don't fully understand. In a way, that theme mirrors the music itself. Two Dancers often feels guided more by instinct than convention. The songs take unusual paths, the vocals challenge expectations and the arrangements frequently avoid obvious choices. Two dancers rarely move in exactly the same way. The magic is that they still find the same rhythm.
Imagine you grew up in the late 90s and your Mom only had a Kate Bush CD in the house. It is all you ever listened to and the only real concept you have of what music sounds like. Then you started a band in the late 2000s ...
The lyrics are atrocious (thanks other reviewers) and the music is forgettable, gonna be a no from me dog
Somebody in Kendal, England heard The Smiths once and never fully recovered. Hayden Thorpe sings like Morrissey attended a Renaissance fair, developed opinions about courtly love, and then got lost in a forest for several years before anyone found him and handed him a microphone. This is not necessarily a criticism. It is, however, an experience. The critics absolutely lost their minds over this record. NME called it "a treasure that deserves plundering." Pitchfork praised its "wondrous, mythic scale." It was nominated for the Mercury Prize. It also made this list, which is exactly the kind of sentence that makes you question the judgment of everyone involved in the book. The instrumentals are genuinely atmospheric and interesting, which makes it all the more unfortunate that someone insisted on singing over them. One reviewer helpfully noted the album is "a huge grower." This is critical music journalism for "you will not like it the first time." They were right. 2 out of 5. One star for the instrumentation, which deserved better. One star for the audacity. The remaining three stars are hiding somewhere in the forest with Hayden Thorpe.
It was fine. Was hoping for more
6/10 My kind of thing, spoilt by the theatrical singing. I remember liking All The King's Men, and that is a highlight still.
Overall: 2.98 (rounded to 3) Consistency: 2.91 Originality: 3 Enjoyment: 3 Virtuosity: 3 1. The Fun Powder Plot - 3 2. Hooting & Howling - 3 3. All the King's Men - 3 4. When I'm Sleepy... - 2 5. We Still Got the Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues - 3 6. Two Dancers (i) - 3 7. Two Dancers (ii) - 3 8. This Is Our Lot - 3 9. Underbelly - 3 10. Empty Nest - 3 11. Through the Iron Gate - 3
lol. Why the fuck is this here? Who has ever heard of this band, really? What stamp has this record made on the musical timeline? Terrible lyrics sung in a Tiny Tim falsetto over music that might be ok except that I’m so distracted by the aforementioned terribleness. So dumb. I’m not so much mad that a bad band made a bad record as much as I’m annoyed that this was a record I supposedly NEEDED to listen to. 3.5/10
Wild Beasts sound a lot like Death Cab For Cutie, especially the vocals. Ultimately, I just couldn't get into their songs.
A good ethereal indie rock album.
The singer is trying so hard to be annoying, but he cannot even top the boring music.
Muy interesante
Probably would have been yet another forgettable boring indie album were it not for the vocals. Now I'm bored AND annoyed.
2.0
not for me. sounds like thom yorke if he was bouncing on a trampoline
This album comits the ultimate sin of music - being boring. I would rather listen to something abrasive as Hell than to listen to music that makes me experience boredom. If I wanted to listen to falsetto, I'd put on Tiny Tim. Favorite Track - Through The Iron Gate Least Favorite Track - The Fun Powder Plot ⭐️
Would have liked this a lot more with less vocals. Like, a lot less vocals. 2.5
This is going to be a divisive one I bet. Either you're going to like his falsetto voice or you're going to absolutely hate it (and I'm guessing most will fall in the second camp). I tolerated it. Way worse offenders on this list of horrible voices. The music itself was fairly interesting. With a better lead singer, this band probably could have been really good and better known across the pond. 3/5
Strange album I feel like I should have been aware of but wasn't. Pretty great though.
Good thing I was already feeling like shit and I didn't want to tarnish one of the better albums in my queue, but this was not that bad. I've read the comments saying this is another pretentious album, and eh, I alreadyt heard worse of this kind here and I'm not even too ahead. If I were to hear this in one of those performative clothing shops or cafes, I wouldn't mind. But on this list eh, there are many worse. Thing is, I really like the intrumentals, but that singing is indeed weird. The songs I liked were Two Dancers i and especially ii and Empty Nest because there was another singer, but even Through The Iron Gate the other singer showed some real skill, so idk I guess they tried to be weird with this album. These songs save the rating, some golden nuggets in a landfill. It wouldn't surprise me if they would have better works but this page didn't choose them as I've seen in other cases.
Annoying honestly, I probably would have liked this in high school and thought it was cool 2 stars
really nice, liked it a lot!
At least they made some musical decisions, that I’ve never heard before. Yet this wasn’t for me
Another one of those bands I've never heard of that hit me in a good way.
The choices this list makes for the 00s needs to be studied.
Enjoyed the vibe but it could have been much much better. I’ll never look at booty calls the same way again
Huh, wow. Never heard of this band, but has very familiar vibes
It's rather uneven but inbetweeen the wtf:ness there are fantastic moments when the singer reaches the hights of Jimmy Sommerville
Very atmospheric and carefully crafted.
I kind of liked some of this, but it also kinda lost me at times. Good listen, though, overall.
That falsetto was a choice for sure
First time I have felt physically incapable of listening to the whole album.
Really enjoying this. It’s different and interesting. Nice surprise.
lots of unintelligible moaning and mumbling over repetitive, droning instrumentation/electronic beats. for the first few tracks, i could see through the banal slog at what could have been interesting--part kate bush/peter gabriel synth driven artpop. but as it wore on, it wore me down. 2⭐️
The instrumental few minutes made me very excited, especially after being subjected to so much 60s and 70s rock. The vocals weren't my thing, but I still found the whole album more enjoyable than the bluesy jams this 1001 list is full of.
Not doing it for me
Yeah kinda good, neat to hear some indie history.
Interesting...unique...but overall enjoyable and fun techno-beats.
I listened to it but it made no real impression on me
One of the best indie groups of the 2000-10s, prevented from receiving the acclaim and success they should have by lead vocalist Hayden Thorpe’s eccentric vocals, which, yes, are love-it-or-hate-it, but if you hate it, you’re wrong. Marvelously strange, technically proficient, and creative. How can you hate a record where a guy sings “This is a booty call / My boot, my boot, my boot up your asshole” in an androgynous falsetto? We didn’t deserve this band. Best track: “All the King’s Men”
There was nothing Wild about this. Literally don’t remember one song.
My 7th album in a row with a year ending in '9' ... spooky! I can't say off one listen whether I like this or not. Musically, there were aspects of it I did but the vocals were a bit all over the place. It didn't immediately grab me but I was drawn to moments, albeit fleetingly. I'd have to give this a more focussed listen which I probably won't do.
⭐⭐- Drömsk indie rock. Skulle kunna vara min grej men det är det inte. Saknar något som fastnar, spåren på det här albumet rinner bara av. Ännu ett album som jag undrar vad det gör på listan. Ytterligare ett band som bara är med på listan för att de råkar vara brittiska? Bäst är Hooting & Howling
Some amusing lyrics, but pretty bland musically.
Two Dancers (i) and Two Dancers (ii)? Belt up.
Not really sure why this is here.
(Instruments start) Okay, sounds good so far. (Singing begins) Oh no.
Mitä paskaa
The vocals aside (I guess you get used to it eventually), this is a solid dream pop showing by the Wild Beasts.
I think the vocalist’s range carries this project completely. I outside of a few songs, I found the music itself to be passable at best. But man, Hayden Thorpe. Non-gendered-sounding voice that goes way up and way back down with ease. I’m reminded of singers like Anohni or Matthew Koma. I enjoyed “All The Kings Wild Men” enough to make note of it. “Through The Iron Gate” was what I had really been searching for though. An arrangement sticky enough to sink my teeth into, something besides the singers voice to hold my attention. 2/5 stars for the voice but at this point just go listen to more Anohni and the Johnson’s.
Laulanta oli jotain ihan kamalaa, jälleen kerran. Mietin monesti näiden kohdalla että miksi, oi miksi. Muuten saundit ois ihan okei, mutta sitte yleensä rääytään tai määitään biisit pilalle.
Voihan indie sentään. Jostain syystä vokaalien kanssa pitää aina kekkuloida ja tehdä hölmöjä juttuja. En tiä oliko tässä kaksi laulajaa kun välillä oli aivan eri kuulosta meininkiä. Ei lähde oikein itselle tämä, musiikillisesti aivan menevää ja OK, mutta voksut työnsi kyllä vahvasti pois johonkin ärsyttävyyden puolelle.
Started off so good. Then the vocals started.
Boring. The vocals are annoying. Song structure is flat. No dynamics. All the songs are the same. I want to be nice, but I just don’t like it.
I enjoyed it, would be more of a background album for me.
Was an ok album. Too much indie 2000’s for me.
I am really torn on this because I think in the right mood this is so up my alley, I would love this when I listened to it I found it kind of irritating but that feels more like a transitory reaction than a real reaction so for now I am giving it a three to split the difference between the two I am feeling and the hypothetical four I think I might give it otherwise. if you want rating rigor you are sadly in the wrong place
Sigh. This sounds pretty good for ‘00s indie but also smacks of its time. I might have been more into the rich music tones and orchestral dream pop at the time than I am now - right now it’s striking me as a little dated and unoriginal even if appealing in its way. Nothing especially struck me one way or the other.
This one was very different from what usually catches my ears, but it really had me hooked the entire time. I think the two singers' voices were odd, but they fit the music very well!
Surprised to see this here. I’m not unfamiliar with their presentation, having been a fan of Present Tense, but a lot of this feels quite dated, too caught in the landfill indie/dance punk revival styles of Interpol, Grizzly Bear, Editors, etc. They’re better than that. Even knowing Wild Beasts’ whole deal ahead of time, the vocal approach and lyrical sensibility is an acquired taste for sure and wears out its welcome for me.
Background music…ok
Two Dancers is one of those records that gradually reveals itself to be far darker than its surface elegance first suggests. Initially it feels like stylish late-2000s art-indie - all atmosphere, texture and twitchy sensuality - but over the course of the album the emotional climate curdles into something much more disturbing: shame, coercion, masculine performance, emotional dependency and outright violence lurking beneath the moonlit eroticism. The “Two Dancers” suite in particular shifts the album into genuinely traumatic territory. Horror wrapped in ambient dream-pop. Once lines like “They passed me round them like a piece of meat” fully land, the entire record changes temperature. What impressed me most was the sense of place and social anthropology running through it. This is not metropolitan decadence. It sounds like intelligent, sensitive people from constrained northern environments trying to survive the “smash and grab of things going on” in local nightlife ecosystems - peacocking, intimidation, desire, shame and performance all happening simultaneously. The album understands masculinity as something acted out under observation. There’s a real sense of the socially browbeaten analysing the behaviour of the rougher, more physically confident world around them. That gives the record a psychological specificity that lifts it well above generic “arty indie”. The drumming deserves special mention. Absolutely superb throughout - fluid, physical, spacious, occasionally recalling an airier version of Budgie. The rhythm section often carries the emotional intelligence of the album more convincingly than the vocals do. In fact, one of my reservations about the record is that the songs sometimes feel almost “vocalist optional”. The atmosphere is so carefully constructed by the band that Hayden Thorpe’s performances occasionally feel more like behavioural overlays than the actual engine of the compositions. And that, ultimately, is where I slightly part company with the album. The subject matter is important and handled intelligently, but the songs often seem more interested in sustaining atmosphere than fully resolving into memorable melodic statements. They hover beautifully rather than arrive decisively. I kept feeling that the band stopped one polishing pass short of greatness - wary that too much compositional clarity might puncture the ambiguity and emotional fog they were cultivating. Compared with a dream-pop band like Cocteau Twins - who, for all their ethereal reputation, were often extremely focused structurally - Wild Beasts can occasionally feel diffuse. So my final reaction is one of strong respect rather than deep attachment. This is an authored, distinctive, psychologically rich record that absolutely deserved its Mercury nomination. You would never mistake it for anybody else. But while I admired it throughout and found parts of it genuinely haunting, I also found my attention wandering. A very good three-star album rather than a personal classic.
480/1089 - Not for me. Wide vibrato gets too cluster-chordy which doesn't pair well with the mellow and tonal instrumentals.
I imagine Jett Probably likes this
Weird but not amazing
I liked two songs but that voice? Can't handle it
Boring monotonous. I did make it through the whole album hoping for something to improve. It never happened
Kinda mid indie rock. I’ve listened to a lot of indie rock and never heard of this band. There’s nothing here to really make it stand out or be memorable but it’s listenable
3.5/5
7/10 Kind of meh. Good musically, didn’t like his high pitched singing. I enjoyed the back half of the album, where he did that less, much more than the first few songs. Somewhat forgettable overall. Wouldn’t be mad at listening to it again, but I probably won’t put it on.
not sure of this some nice tunes somewhat spoiled by the vocals
Aight
Unsure what to think about this one. A lot of "rock that's weird just to be weird" , but also some stompers
Not sure why this is considered essential listening. Most of the times I think this it turns out that the band is British and that is once again the case here. I struggled with this once because musically, I did enjoy it. It had pleasant dream pop tones and was pretty well executed. It was the vocals that wore me down, at first I found it interesting but after a few tracks it just felt overly performative and grating. “And I’ll be left as dumbfound as a donkey, this is a booty call. My boot, my boot, my boot, my boot up your aresehole” dude, the fuck you talking about? Strong sounds made up for the vocal delivery and the lyrics that went with his weird ass delivery. 3 stars
Vibras relajadas
I did not care for the vocals. Musically, this was ok. But the voice too often grated on me.
I've listened to these guys before, but this is my first time with this album. Right out the gate, I was hooked on the opening groove, but then the vocals come in and I'm not sure how I feel about them. Excellent music and then these non-sensical lyrics and a voice that sounds completely detached from everything else going on (both rhythmically and in the mix). And that's pretty much the whole album... Wonderful music that's groovy, atmospheric, well produced and vibey, paired up with singer Hayden Thorpe's haunting falsetto vocals bouncing between staccato gibberish and droning "oohs". Then there's songs like "Two Hearts I & II", where bassist Tom Fleming takes a turn on lead vocals and the songs are so much better for it. Flemings vocals and delivery feel like such a better fit to the music and I wonder how the rest of this album if he was the lead singer for all of these songs. I mean, keep everything else the same, including the occasional out of sync lyrics, but maybe that would be what gets this into rotation for me. Favorite songs: Two Hearts I, Two Hearts II, Empty Nest
I actually quite liked this album and listened to it a few times. Nothing super special, but held my interest. Very much tweaking the 'Art Wank' gauge, but in a good way!
I didn't mind this as some background work music today - reminded me a little bit of a less good version of Alt-J. You know I'm a sucker for a bit of falsetto!
Not my thing. I liked beat of “ the Fun Powder Plot,” but the vocal style doesn’t work for me. “All the King’s Men” is the first one I could listen to without being annoyed by, what I consider, unnecessary vocal gymnastics. The vocal style went better with “This is Our Lot” and “Underbelly.” I enjoyed “Underbelly.”
The instrumentals and percussion had me in from beginning to end. The voice reminded me of Anohni, whom I love, so that was only a bonus. Captivating listen!
Holy shit this is so fun! I love how the atmospheric, groovy, droney instrumentals complement the at times weird, messy yet enchanting vocals. Definitely not for everyone but I enjoyed this "background music". A 4.5 but I'm rounding it up to 5
ненавязчиво
awful vocals
Beasts are are dancing twice upon my lizard ina fashion never seen before betwixt my cheeks
The first minute was promising, but then the vocals came in. Everything just felt a little off. Would’ve been a good instrumental album though.
This is the kind of new wave-meets-oughts-hipster stuff I'd usually tend to hate, but there's something about the sounds in this that appears to me. I get why a lot of people reviewing hate this--the guy's voice, the pretension--but also kind of dig parts of it. Trust me, nobody is more surprised than I am about this opinion. 4/5
Liked it, very mellow, but nothing really stood out to me
So I was expecting something terrible when I started reading the reviews for this album but as I listened I was pleasantly surprised. Sure the first song isn’t the best and the singer’s falsetto isn’t great. But once you get past those songs I heard what sounded like other albums that were out at that time like the XX. I enjoyed the music and some of the songs were really good. I can understand the praise.
Mid ass Brit pop rock - I am 935 albums in and still can’t believe how much Brit pop is on this list.
Right from the opening of the album, the percussion was a main standout for me, really pushing the tracks forward. I was very surprised when the vocals came in… I still don’t know whether that was a good thing at the time. It definitely made my listening experience of ‘The Fun Powder Plot’ interesting, as I didn’t know what to expect from the rest of the album. I have to admit, the lyrics are definitely out there, but I still had fun listening to them. I can see how the vocals would definitely be disliked by some, and I am surprised that I wasn’t one of these people, but I just think in their own weird way, they work with the tracks really well. I also have to mention the track ‘Underbelly’; I really enjoyed the instrumental of this track, from the piano at the start, leading into the pitched percussion at the end, ringing the notes out in a sort of ‘eerie’ tone. I also think it was just a very random, out-there track that I enjoyed listening to. Some of the tracks, however, felt a bit long and boring… they ended up droning on with no real hook or interesting part to listen to. With no real shift in between songs, it starts to all blend, leaving you wanting slightly more variation within the tracks. I also feel like ‘Two Dancers (i)’ was one of the weakest tracks on the whole album, luckily having ‘Two Dancers (ii)’ be slightly stronger and pulling it back… however, you would think with it being the title track that it would be the most memorable or experimental song, but it just left me feeling a bit empty. I think that ‘All The King’s Men’ was a better track to have the album named after, or even ‘This Is Our Lot’, as they stood out much more. (3.5 stars, so I will round it up to 4|0. Favourites: Underbelly All The King’s Men This Is Our Lot Empty Nest
Overall Rating - 2.86/5 (5.73/10). Everything sounded the same. It's not in any way memorable.
I was excited to hear something new from what is apparently my favorite musical era, but yikes. It makes sense that I’ve never even heard of it. I usually love goofy/theatrical falsetto singing, but this is just not it. (ntm.)
That was rough
mm creo que 2 puntos. no me gusto mucho
Das Quartett aus Kendal, England, nahm sein zweites Studioalbum Anfang 2009 unter ungewöhnlichen Bedingungen auf: Die Aufnahmen entstanden auf dem abgelegenen Leeders Farm in Norfolk, abgemischt wurde anschließend in The Yard in London. Unter der Koproduktion von Richard Formby entstand beim britischen Indie-Label Domino Records ein Werk, das bewusst auf den Hochglanz konventioneller Studioprozesse verzichtet – live eingespielt, transparent in der Textur, von einer fast theatralischen Fragilität. Den Kern des Albums bilden zwei scheinbar unvereinbare Gesangswelten: Hayden Thorpes ausladender Kontratenor und Tom Flemings erdiger Bariton wechseln sich ab, ergänzen sich und reiben sich aneinander. Songs wie „Hooting & Howling", „We Still Got The Taste Dancin' On Our Tongues" und „The Fun Powder Plot" zeigen eine Band, die Themen wie Begehren, Ausgelassenheit und körperliche Vergänglichkeit mit einer literarischen Präzision verhandelt, die im Indie-Rock selten ist. Die Instrumentierung – zarte Gitarrenlinien, pointiertes Schlagzeug, sparsame Arrangements – lässt den Stimmen maximalen Raum. Two Dancers wurde für den Mercury Prize nominiert und gilt bis heute als kommerziell und künstlerisch erfolgreichstes Werk der Band. Für einen kurzen Moment, eingefangen zwischen Norfolk-Stille und Londoner Nachthall, klingt hier eine Band, die genau weiß, wer sie ist – und das mit einer Souveränität, die gleichzeitig verletzlich und unnachgiebig bleibt. Ein Album, das die Eigenheit seiner Entstehung trägt wie ein zweites Fell.
I wasn’t as offended by this as it seems like most reviewers were. Just pretty bland
Genuinely disliked this. Seemed like a parody of music.
Actually pretty nice.
Entertaining but not my choice.
Nothing special, it was fine.
this sucks ass!
when I lived in a hipster neighborhood for a year, I used to go to this hipster coffee shop down the street from me to study. I vividly remember sitting there studying while this grown woman set up her dolls and played with them on the table of a half-empty coffee shop with mismatched furniture and a barista who flicked her bean to correcting my pronunciation. Anyways I think this was playing on repeat. I sucked dick in that coffee shop once.
Are u a tropical bird? No? Then stop making that noise.
Ξεχωστιστό άλμπουμ. Μου άρεσε πολύ η μουσική ωστόσο σίγουρα δεν είναι για όλους. Φαίνεται ελαφρώς πειραματική αλλα είναι στα πλαίσια του να ακούγεται ωραία. Περίεργο άκουσμα λόγω φωνής. Hooting & Howling
It was going alright until he opened his mouth.
Echt goed album damn
This album was a great find. This band seems to be all The xx always wanted to be. Ironically enough, those won the Mercury Price in 2009 and not Wild Beasts which have a lot more too offer. The music is more interesting, the vocal range higher. There's just a lot more going on. It can also work as good background music if you are not into demystify those lyrics.
The album presented was a particular experience, the band addresses genres from alternative rock, with a lot of use of electronic instruments with futuristic sounds, to pop at times. The vocal style, particularly, seemed somewhat strange to me, being a kind of androgynous voice with many effects reminiscent of a bad imitation of the cure. I must also highlight that the album has a fairly persistent repetitiveness, it suffers from that, the songs are quite similar to each other and can seem longer than they really are. despite this, there are some redeemable tracks from the album, in general I find the first and last tracks from the album to be the most interesting thing that is proposed on an instrumental musical level. the lyrics don't tell me anything, they try to give an image of philosophy using very elaborate words or phrases to say basic things, and almost all the songs talk about practically the same thing. my final grade would be around 4 out of 10 or 2 out of 5, being very generous. I won't say it's not worth a listen, I've heard worse things, but it's really not endearing at all. What should be recognized is that in 2009 this album is avant-garde in its style.
really disappointing. What could have been a great album is ruined by awful vocals.
Music was kinda great, but the vocals were legitimately off putting.
This was also better than i expected. Instrumentals are pretty nice
Indie rock with dreamy guitars, interesting rhythms and falsetto vocals. On paper it's not what I usually like but some of the songs were really catchy. All The King's Men and We've Still Got The Taste Dancin' On Our Tongues in particular were great.
This is like the beatles for bands like the national
No va
What a pleasant surprise! This is my first experience with Wild Beasts, blew me away. When it started I really enjoyed the music, but then the vocals started on the first song and it was a bit of a disappointment. Not a fan of that falsetto style and didn't seem to match with the music, but as I listened to more and more I could get passed that. There are some great dream pop electric indie tunes on the album. It has a Broken Bells, Grizzly Bear, M83 sound sprinkled with some extra dreamy U2 and old 80's English pop. And as I listened to the album through a few more times I could really lose myself in the whole thing, even the falsetto singing.
I don't know quite who this is for. There are a few songs that are approaching being quite good, but there's also a whole lot of weird caterwauling going on. The lyrics are a whole thing in and of themselves, but the whole thing is only 37 minutes, which I appreciate. I'm thinking this is a 2.5 star album. On my own personal rating scale, I have 3 as "I will happily listen to this playing in the background," and 2 is "I will tolerate this playing in the background." I think "tolerate" is a bit strong, but it's closer to how I'd feel than "happy."
it had a flow to it that i’m not accustomed to listening to, but it wasn’t by any means unenjoyable. deep and enthralling. my favorite songs were this is our lot and underbelly
Malisimos
Not a fan. I don't know the band. I didn't like the vocal. A bad album.
This one just didn't give me much to work with. There was never a point where I thought it was doing anything all that interesting. Song after song, it just kind of floated by without much personality. Honestly, the best thing I can say about it is that it only lasts 37 minutes. At least Wild Beasts had the decency not to drag this out any longer than they had to. I give it one star for each dancer in the album title.
Another forgettable Brit alt rock band. Nothing bad about this. Just will never listen again.
masomenos, no me gusto tanto 6/10
Indie rock with pleasant androgynous vocals. I usually dislike this kind of singing, but I like how the vocals do not sound like a midpoint between male and female, but rather switch back and forth between both styles.
The falsetto parts were annoying, the rest was okay-ish.
Surprisingly nice to listen to. I really enjoyed the chilled vibe.
Wild beasts best album
Wasn't bad
Never really listened to this much at the time, but found myself enjoying it. The singer's voice maybe requires a little adapting to, but I think it works alongside the quite fun instrumentals on the record. Not sure if this would go in the regular rotation, but keen to check out more.
Pretty nice.
Nah. Not for me.
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Couldn't get into this today. Instrumentation felt dull (but I like other albums with similar stuff). Vocals were really interesting and kind of beautiful, but maybe just a bit much for where my head was at today. Reminded me of smiths era Morrisey vocals and maybe I accidentally held that against them. Sure there's a good record there but I couldn't hear it today
Didn’t care for this.
It’s cool i guess! Vocals are an acquired taste for sure. I like it but i don’t know if i’d come back to it.
Love the cover, love the drums and guitar and the sound. The first few seconds of the first song was amazing. Hate the vocals, please just sing in your natural range. Falsettos can be great but not when it's strained the whole time
Klare ikke
Vokalen funker ikke for meg. Kunne sikkert ellers vært ei fin plate
Merkelige greier. Hata plata første halvdelen så ble den plutselig ganske bra mot slutten. Ikke fan av den Operastemmen.