On this sophomore effort, Portland, Oregon\u2019s Wild Ones have shown how good they really are at crafting gleefully poppy songs that are also achingly melancholic. The band plays with the dichotomy of gaiety and somberness beautifully, in an album that is irresistibly catchy and touching at the same time.<\/p>\n
The dreamy guitars and synthesizers combined with the dancy beats is one way the band juggles this dichotomy. The other, is frontwoman Danielle Sullivan\u2019s vocals. Her languid singing style has the wrenching sadness and all-encompassing nature of Victoria Legrand of the dream pop act Beach House. At the same time, it has a sense of innocent joyousness that sounds absolutely adorable.<\/p>\n
The single \u201cStanding In The Back Of Your Show,\u201d which is indisputably the best cut on Mirror Touch<\/i>, is a great example of the brilliance of the band\u2019s music and Sullivan\u2019s voice. This prominently guitar-driven song, has a smooth sixties noir-psychedelic vibe that will bring tears to your eyes with its pensiveness. On top of this, is Sullivan\u2019s powerful voice, piercing the heart with every word sung, especially when she sings the chorus at the end of the song without the music: \u201cAll day fighting a craving\/I know it\u2019s wrong to try and lead you astray\/Can\u2019t tell me you don\u2019t think about me when I\u2019m gone\/Cuz you do.\u201d<\/p>\n
A song about the rather grim theme of not opening up to the outside world, \u201cInvite Me In\u201d starts off slow and somber with atmospheric synthesizers and Sullivan\u2019s pained vocals. But the chorus is upbeat, with wonderful harmonizing vocals and buoyant drums.<\/p>\n
The kickoff track \u201cParesthesia\u201d is an interesting one, going back and forth between its musically sparse verse and musically lush chorus. The verse, consisting merely of softly played drums and vocals, is jaunty, with a peppy beat and playfully happy singing. During the chorus, dense synthesizers and guitars gush out like a waterfall, filling the void created by the verse. The ensuing \u201cDo You Really\u201d is an all guns blazing rousing indie pop number with heavy beats and synthesizers, and a chorus that is exuberant even though the words \u2013 \u201cDo you really wanna turn me away? Do you really wanna tell no? Do you really wanna turn me away? Oh oh, I didn\u2019t think so\u201d \u2013 aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n
\u201cForgetting Rock N Roll\u201d is a full on electro pop song with huge synthesizers and thumping beats. Although the music itself is dark, the airy vocals make this a light danceable track rather than a gloomy synth-pop one.<\/p>\n
Mirror Touch<\/i> takes cheerful indie pop to a whole new level of sophistication and musical artistry. Wild Ones\u2019 music is intense and serious, but they sure have mastered turning this music into infectious pop songs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":33359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10105],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-45175","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-wild-ones","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45175","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\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45175"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45175"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}