Boy King, by Wild Beasts

Boy King

by Wild Beasts

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bridgepimber Haven't stopped listening to this for 7 years now. Great weird pop album. Sad to see them split, but they ended with a bang. Favorite track: Tough Guy.

Whyte Rushan the devils crayon, not sure, wax plastic, heard on 95BFM Drive while driving home to fuck Favorite track: Alpha Female.

Royal Fuse I probably still need to give this album more spins. Love the preceding 3 albums and this still has some good stuff but is a bit stylistically different Favorite track: Big Cat.

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-‘Boy King Trash’ companion piece, comprised of exclusive material including demos, previously unheard acoustic versions and aural sketches assembled by the band.
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1.	Big Cat 03:07	info	buy track
2.	Tough Guy 03:31	info	buy track
3.	Alpha Female 03:44	info	buy track
4.	Get My Bang 03:32	info	buy track
5.	Celestial Creatures 04:27	info	buy track
6.	2BU 04:18	info	buy track
7.	He The Colossus 04:10	info	buy track
8.	Ponytail 03:38	info	buy track
9.	Eat Your Heart Out Adonis 03:56	info	buy track
10.	Dreamliner 04:44	info	buy track

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Boy King is Wild Beasts’ most direct and vital collection to date.

Where 2014’s Present Tense found the band in reflective mood, absorbing a fascination with online culture and electronic music, Boy King has them, as Tom Fleming puts it, “back to being pissed off”. The quartet’s ever-present knack for sensual melody via Hayden Thorpe and Fleming’s dueting vocals, Ben Little’s sinuous guitar groove and Chris Talbot’s potent rhythm section carries in Boy King an aggressive, snarling and priapic beast that delves into the darker side of masculinity and Thorpe’s own psyche.

A newfound creative friction between Thorpe and Fleming proved key to unleashing the unique pop sensibility of Boy King - Fleming’s more visceral experimentation unlocking new dimensions in Thorpe’s own writing. After spending a whole year finessing this new found impetus in East London, the band emerged with a collection of songs ready to take to Dallas and producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Swans, The War on Drugs). Both Thorpe and Fleming credit that trip to Dallas with teasing out the raw power of Boy King.

Between the slide of prowling aggression and interior darkness, there are glorious, gorgeous moments. It’s yet another incomparable Wild Beasts record; a visceral, sensual and jolting body of work that acts as a remarkable soundtrack to the early 21st century male malaise.

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released August 5, 2016

2016, Domino Recording Co Ltd

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