{"id":48979,"date":"2016-09-08T11:17:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T16:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=48979"},"modified":"2016-09-08T11:17:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T16:17:02","slug":"wild-beasts-boy-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/09\/08\/wild-beasts-boy-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Beasts: Boy King"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2035bd41301645.57a0bc13f2381\"UK\u2019s Wild Beasts have been one of indie rock\u2019s most consistent quality acts, with all three of their preceding albums being artful and finely crafted pieces. They were all known for capturing a vulnerable emotional quality in Hayden Thorpe and Tom Fleming\u2019s vocals, and also a rollicking use of grooves and percussion. Their newest effort, Boy King, takes the vocal efforts up a couple notches. Tom Fleming stated that the band was getting \u201cback to being pissed off\u201d, and it shows. One is inclined to believe him when he tells the listener \u201cYou know that I\u2019m the worst\u201d during highlight \u201c2BU”. This isn\u2019t because it sounds bad, but because he conveys his genuine despair so well. This sort of pessimism runs rampant on the album, such as in \u201cAlpha Female\u201d, which is plainly about a man trembling before his dominant lover, or the references to daggers running through hearts in \u201cPonytail\u201d.<\/p>\n

Clearly, Boy King would serve as a suitable soundtrack for someone\u2019s bad day. At the same time, however, this component can easily be ignored, and the focus can be put onto the quite danceable rhythms. The album liberally uses a mechanical style funk, along with the occasional synth driven melody. The result makes the intensity much easier to swallow, but also makes some of the tracks bleed into one another a bit too much. Overall, however, Boy King\u2019s stylistic changes hit more often than miss, and it shows a willingness to experiment from a band that wasn\u2019t far away from being too content with their formula.
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\nRecommended If You Like: Warpaint, Perfume Genius, Bombay Bicycle Club, Foals
\nRecommended Tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8
\nDo Not Play: 2, 7
\nWritten by Adam Raimond on 09\/07\/2016 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While not as meticulously crafted as their previous albums, the quality, groovy little gems it contains make it a worthwhile spin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11906,"featured_media":48980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[4199,3367,5282],"class_list":["post-48979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rock-rotation","tag-adam-raimond","tag-rock-rotation","tag-wild-beasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2035bd41301645.57a0bc13f2381.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11906"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}