wild beasts

Quickly, the Wild Beasts are a very modern Britain art pop-rock group who have been steadily gaining alot of attention and praise over the past few years. Their first album Limbo, Panto put them on the map as an original and talented up and coming indie act, while their 2009 album Two Dancers (and the accompanying Mercury Prize nomination) cemented them into the fabric of modern pop. Although (perhaps) initially off-putting, the trill, dramatic and metrosexual voice of lead singer Hayden Thorpe has a way of eventually finding a place of awe and appreciation.

The Fun Powder Plot


Hooting and Howling



Here's a decent interview they gave early last year before their album Two Dancers was finished.


Read the not always agreeable, but always interesting and well written Pitchfork reviews of the Wild Beasts Limbo, Panto and Two Dancers


What turned me on to these guys was hearing the new 12" Wild Beasts Remixes EP from Domino Records. Actually it was just the Junior Boys remix of The Fun Powder Plot, the standout on the EP, that got me on the Beasts. When it is released you might want to get your hands on their remix for your Grouse grinds, elliptical sweat sessions, or lava lamp brownie parties.

The Junior Boys have kinda been on a roll lately.
Their remix of Caribou's Odessa is phenomenal (right click here to download)
Odessa (Junior Boys Mix) by cityslang

Their recent remix of Yoko Ono's Give Me Something was the only thing I could digest off that recent nails-on-blackboard Ono offering.



UPDATED NOTE: if you wish to download these albums, you will have to do it yourself as this post was removed for license violation.

Wild Beasts Discography (buy)
Limbo, Panto
Two Dancers
We Still Got the Taste Dancing on Our Tongue EP



Wild Beasts on Myspace