After listening to Wild
Beasts PRESENT TENSE a few more times, I really feel I didn’t do it justice in my
review earlier this month (see a couple entries in my blog before this
one). It really is the perfect balance
between what made them great musically in the first place and a refinement of
their sound that doesn’t ruin them or get too far away from what they are all
about. The songs may be be their best
bunch yet – Mecca, Wanderlust, Nature Boy and perhaps their greatest song of
all time A Simple Beautiful Truth.
Nadine Shah’s debut album LOVE YOUR DUM AND
MAD is really powerful with great creeping majestic arrangements. Shah’s voice hits you on many levels raising
the hair on the back of your neck, causing a twinge in your heart. The songs showcase not only Shah but also the
guitars and the melodies. I hear a lot
of comparisons between Shah and PJ Harvey and Nick Cave but unlike the both of them
she can a.) Really sing b.) Really spin a catchy tune. Best songs – To Be A Young Man, The Devil,
Floating, All I Want.
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