So it’s a dull Friday evening, and I have been thrown a bone of comfort in the form of some nice music in a package from rough trade music label. Inside im greeted with the album Limbo Panto, from the rather dubiously called Wild Beasts, so I decide to give it a listen to find out what this rather unknown Leeds foursome are all about, and I must say im greeted with the warbling tones of Hayden Thorpe, who stumbles his way through the opener “Vigil for a Fuddy Duddy” but instantly it changes as he starts to groans and growl in pain bouldering on the desperate and forlorn within seconds. This certainly has caught my attention.
The next songs take the same dramatic and oversized tone, which to me seems to remind me of a Morrissey who seems to have had a few to many high energy drinks, as he ravages into the next single. The Devils crayon immediately hit’s you with it’s lazily paced rolling guitars, accompanied with the elegant classy tones of Thorpe who proclaims of how “this is truly is the Devil’s shoulder.” Scary stuff.
This is all underlined with an elegant beautiful back drop of floating piano, and this is very much the case for the majority of the album. But it all comes with distinct and differing Tones & styles to each song. Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants comes in with a baseline that jittery dance trio Metronomy would be proud of, with an equally frantic performance by Thorpe.
The album makes for disjointed and confused listening but to be honest it kind of works in a messed up kind of manner, the Wild Beast groans, and moans and screams show an underlying passion and dedication illustrating that this album was painstakingly crafted rather than thrown together like a pre packaged Indie take away. The album has emotion, excitement and over all an awkward sense of misplacement which works fantastically well, and besides all debuts don’t have to be perfect and that’s what makes this album good. You can certainly see potential in those Wild Beasts.
The Youtube is Pretty ace too,
Keep Smiling Mitch.
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