Let me familiarize you with the best album you didn’t hear in 2015.<\/p>\n
The Lonely Wild formed in 2010 in Los Angeles, but don’t let that short existence fool you. These kids play like seasoned vets, and this second album is a masterpiece of indie folk and breezy Americana with a strong orchestral backdrop and perfect use of vibraphones, trumpets, and harpsichords. <\/p>\n
The album opener \u201cSnow\u201d is an immediate stunner, with a Mariachi influence that evolves into a galloping and melodic indie-anthem with dual gender vocals. This moves into the more vocally forceful \u201cHunted,\u201d which also moves at a quick pace and carries punk undertones. \u201cBorn\u201d is when the band really shows diversity, as it’s a quick instrumental with a spacey, ethereal current. This spills into \u201cRunning,\u201d which could be the best song I’ve heard in years. Armed with aching strings and a cinematic quality, it also possesses a shuffling pace and showcases melodic vocals from both genders, coalescing into one beautiful display of shimmering folk-pop.<\/p>\n
\u201cFuneral\u201d starts off the second half of the album; it is reminiscent of mid-period Bright Eyes during his most sparse moments, and it illustrates the group\u2019s incredible vocal range. \u201cInto Their Mouths,\u201d on the other hand, has a classic rock feel, while \u201cBlunt The Blade\u201d would fit right at home on a ’70s soft rock station. Near the end, \u201cChasing White Light\u201d is a ballad-esque tune where keys and impassioned singing set the tone for a cathartic seven minutes. \u201cEcho\u201d closes the album a cappella, where the combination of several voices illustrates that The Lonely Wild only needs their mouths to make great music. <\/p>\n
Now, I realize that countless bands are playing this sound, and many are very, very good. But this is on an entirely different level that parallels the greatness that The Decemberists or Wilco has reached. Yes, it’s that good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":32925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9913],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-44700","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-lonely-wild","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44700"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}