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Album Review

Wild Beasts
Two Dancers Domino Recording

Article written by Elisabetta P - Oct 4, 2009

Far from the band’s name that would let the imagination run with images of rock ‘n’ roll excesses and pure hard rock, Wild Beasts are more Suede than Guns ‘n’ Roses.
The sensual sound of their second album, ‘Two Dancers’, draws you in with a combination of indie guitars, percussions and a brush of velvety dance beats. But it is singer Hayden Thorpe’s voice that steals the attention. With a charismatic falsetto that bursts out of every song, his voice could be compared to the expressive vocal virtuosity of Anthony Hegarty. The music becomes a vehicle for this eccentric vocal display that defines every song.
Opener ‘The Fun Powder Plot’ sets the tone with pulsating beats broken by guitars and cries for booty calls. ‘All The King’s Men’ has a light indie pop take with Hayden Thorpe’s duetting in parts with the deeper tones of guitarist Tom Fleming, creating a clear harmony of contrasts that is repeated in a mellow, more sensual style in ‘Two Dancers (ii)’.
Such affected vocal grandiosity is the driving force for an album that is decadent in lyrics and fresh and modern in music.

Links:
http://www.wild-beasts.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/wildbeasts