Born free: Wild Beasts at the Masque

Divisive, creative and unapologetically intelligent, we’re absolutely delighted to hear Wild Beasts will be galloping (apologies) back into town in spring 2012.

Latest album ‘Smother’ is a slow-burning delight, all smouldering synths, creepy lyricisms and insistent grooves. It’s amazing to see them doing so well, too: though they’ve never once scored anything close to a ‘radio’ single, they’re cultivating a rather healthy fanbase. A Mercury Prize nomination this year nudged things along, too.

They’re also a band who feel like, given time, might end up being really important. In a music world that’s so obsessed with the new and the next big thing, it’s encouraging to see this Leeds-via-Kendal quartet still being eccentric and creative in all the right ways, album after album. We get the feeling a classic, groundbreaking record isn’t that far off.

Catch them as they do a lap across the country this spring, visiting the Masque Theatre in March.

Wild Beasts, 17th March
Masque Theatre, Seel Street, Liverpool