Two Dancers is the second Wild Beasts album. Co-produced by the band and northern enigma Richard Formby in remote Norfolk earlier this year, it follows 2008’s widely celebrated debut Limbo, Panto. The result is a record of tightrope-high drama, a sound that shimmers and sways in the band’s own mercurial fashion.
Talk Talk / I Believe In You
The backing vocals in this track are astonishing, they are so cold and eerie, Plus, the organ sound is what you hear as you go to heaven. Apparently the track was arranged from hours and hours of recorded improv. I’m a big ambient fan, so discovering this track was like stumbling across Music For Airports all over again.
Junior Boys / In The Morning
This is one of the first goodies I got from Domino Records when Wild Beasts got signed to the label. We were let loose in the warehouse to choose anything we fancied. So This Is Goodbye was a great find and had a huge influence on our last album. In The Morning is always a big tune to drop on the tour bus.
Leonard Cohen / Lover Lover Lover
Although I’m not the biggest fan of donky jaws, I’m surprised that this song never made the Best Of. It’s a real hidden gem from the album New Skin For The Old Ceremony.
The Knife / The Captain
Wild Beasts used the music from this track in our live shows a while back. We edited spoken word over it for our intro. The track itself doesn’t get going for ages and the vocals don’t start until around three minutes in, but then it blossoms and gives you what you’ve been waiting for. There’s also this really nice synth line.
Marvin Gaye / Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
I love that What’s Going On was dismissed at the time as a being too depressing by the record company. Now it has stood the test of time and is remembered as Marvin Gaye’s best work. Inner City Blues is my favorite song on the album, simply because of that funky bass line. Plus the vocal is a bit good, isn’t it?
The Smiths / This Charming Man
I still pride myself on being able to play the guitar riff. I remember when I first learned it, thinking what the fuck. It’s such an good piece of music.
Jeff Buckley / So Real
Hayden and I used to listen to this track all the time when we first started out. I was listening to a live recording of So Real at Glasto the other day and it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I think Jeff Buckley nicked the awesome guitar line off a friend who wasn’t even in the band.
Madvillain / Raid
Tommy from the band got me into Madvillain and MF Doom. Raid reminds me of driving around in his little Ford Ka with it playing way too loud. I’d love madlib to produce one of our albums.
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How could I have forgotten how amazing Talk Talk are – gone to the cellar to dig out my old vinyl….