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“Plaything” from Wild Beasts’ latest album, Smother, hunts to devour and salvage. “We're very Britsh and we talk about sex a lot,” Ben Little chuckles. Indeed: British Cultural and literary references abound. (Just look to Samual Taylor Coleridge in “Albatross” and Mary Shelley in “Bed of Nails“)

The band's composition rows in unison. The percussion narrates the lyrics, for instance, while the singing translates the guitar. The reason the band “blends” so well is because they’ve known each other for over ten years and playing together is what they do.

Wild Beasts are on a North American Tour, and will be playing Atlanta, Georgia tonight. More dates:

Wild Beasts tour dates

September
20 – Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse with Bobby

21 Chapel Hill, NC Cat's Cradle with Bobby

22 Baltimore SONAR with Bobby

23 Brooklyn – Music Hall of Williamsburg with Bobby

24 Brooklyn – Music Hall of Williamsburg with Bobby

27 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club with Bobby

28 Montreal Cabaret Mile-End

29 Toronto Mod Club w/ Still Life Still

30 Detroit, MI Magic Bag with Bobby

October
01 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall with Twin Sister

02 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall with Twin Sister

04 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater with Twin Sister

07 Seattle, WA Neptune with EMA

08 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret with EMA

09 Portland, OR Doug Fir with EMA

11 Santa Cruz, CA Rio Theatre with EMA

13 LA, CA Echoplex with EMA

15 Mexico City – Corona Capital Festival

18 San Francisco – Treasure Island Festival