WILD BEASTS: WE STILL GOT THE TASTE DANCIN ON OUR TONGUES

Wild Beasts are an indie rock band out of the UK,  who seem to garnish most of their fame from lead singer Hayden Thorpe’s gender bending vocal ability. A noteworthy feat  i might add, which places the band among a small circle of credible indie bands with the actual ability to pull off the obscurely masculine falsetto without inviting ridicule. The reason for this, is in large part due to the bands darker lyrics, a blend of  alliteration, wordplay and gritty themes  so poetically composed (even when the band is being cheeky), that each song plays out like a majestic melancholy bowie-esc mini opera about human nature and sex.  And even within this formula, the band still manage to cram in some songs about teen angst, being thrown out of school and yes, football.

All of these elements are present on the bands third single “We still got the taste dancin’ on our tongues” off their new album Two Dancers. This is a good introduction to the band, if you don’t already know them. Mellowed guitar riffs that sound kind of like the edge playing jazz paired with some really hypnotic vocal layering between Thorpe’s falsetto and bassist Tom Fleming’s deeper-voiced croon. The video was directed by The Collective Institution For Eyes, more specifically Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull and places the band floating through the snow spliced with images of a galloping horse…just go with it. Here’s what the directors have to say on their creation:
“We Still Got The Taste Dancin On Our Tongues is a tale of insatiable lust, full of twisted bawdiness and louche adventures, in Wild Beasts unique, inimitable style.”