Domino's latest find hits yet another bright note in the label's already stellar '09 campaign. It's the English outfit
Wild Beasts and their soon to be released album
Two Dancers; a surefire best of '09 when it's all said and done to be sure. Rich, robust, dead serious, but with an energetic touch, Wild Beasts recall impressive touch stones if you go digging for them. Right now it's The Veils and Arctic Monkeys that pop eagerly to mind as the record runs through.
Shot as elegantly as the song accompanying it, the video for "All the Kings Men" meets the band's archaic back beat with an appropriate storyline and filmed aesthetic. Here we see the band, bare foot, draped in robes, howling to the chorus, and building a mighty pyre. Elsewhere, sun leaks from the day on a trio of beautiful muses. They too are assembling something...torches. Suddenly, a thought. What if we get these two groups together? Well, certainly there's going to be one hell of a party to be had. -
David Pitz
See this and many other videos HERE
Two Dancers is set for release this Tuesday September 8th on
Domino Records. The band is also on tour. Check out the dates below.
Wild Beasts on Tour:
Sep 6 - Offset Festival, Hainault Forest - London
Sep 8 - Joe's Pub - New York, New York
Sep 10 - Mercury Lounge - New York, New York
Sep 11 - Union Pool - Brooklyn, New York
Sep 29 - The Arches Play Room - Glasgow
Sep 30 - Cabaret Voltaire - Edinburgh
Oct 1 - Cockpit - Leeds
Oct 2 - Bodega - Nottingham
Oct 3 - Thekla - Bristol
Oct 4 - Hare & Hounds - Birmingham
Oct 5 - Hanbury Ballroom - Brighton
Oct 7 - Academy 2 - Oxford
Oct 8 - Garage - London
Oct 9 - Academy 3 - Manchester
Nov 21 - Paradiso, "London Calling" - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov 22 - Crossing Border Festival - Anwerp, Belgium
Nov 23 - Turmzimmer - Hamburg, Germany
Nov 24 - Karrera Club - Berlin, Germany
Nov 28 - Guess Who Festival - Utrecht, Netherlands
Nov 29 - Aeronef - Lille, France
Dec 1 - Cabaret Electric - Le Havre, France
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