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An ol’ fashioned instore with Wild Beasts!

Yesterday I went back in time.  Back to a beautiful time when people paid for music legally and artists played live at your local record store (cause it was still open)!  I was lucky enough to be teleported with one of the most futuristically nostalgic bands on the planet, Wild Beasts!  And boy, all the folks with me at Red Eye Records in Sydney were in for a treat!

Tom and Hayden had borrowed an acoustic guitar and an acoustic bass from some generous staff here at EMI (thanks dudes!) and set up in the corner of one of Sydney’s last surviving indie record stores.  Red Eye is a crate-diggers wet dream – the place is choc-a-block with the best music you can find, impeccably handpicked by the friendly staff.  There was a great turn out and Tom and Hayden played 5 songs with band mates Ben and Chris supportively looking on.

I wasn’t sure how their intricately layered songs were going to translate with just 2 guys, 2 guitars and their unique, warbly voices but hearing songs like ‘All The Kings Men’ and ‘Hooting & Howling’ stripped back only amplified how beautifully clever their songwriting really is.  I wondered if this was how  these songs were born.

As with their set at Laneway Festival in Sydney, my favourite song remained ‘The Devil’s Crayon’ which is accompanied by one of my fav videos of 2008:

After yesterday, I can highly recommend time travel, or at the very least a trip to Red Eye!

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Wild Beasts hit Red Eye Records

The warbly wonders of the UK, Wild Beasts are arriving in Sydney momentarily for the Laneway Festival – but not before announcing a super-exciting all-ages and free acoustic show show at Red Eye Records. Question is, will your boss let you off early from work to go see them? Fingers crossed…

The show will take place this Wednesday Feb 3 at 4pm at Red Eye Records, 66 King Street (between George and York Sts). Who’s up for loitering in the store afterwards flicking through countless 12-inches? God bless Red Eye…

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Touring in the wake of everyone’s-favourite-indie-album-of-2009 Two Dancers, Wild Beasts are also appearing at Sydney’s Oxford Arts Factory and the East Brunswick Club in Melbourne. Tour dates here.

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