The Wild "The Wild EP"

So every summer, I find a new band that, for at least that moment, seems like they could easily become a new favorite. This band may very well fill that description. From time to time I do some poking around at Quoteunquoterecords.com, and I'll download something. (Author's note: Quote Unquote Records is fantastic, by the way. You've probably heard of them as they're the first donation based record label). Jeff Rosenstock (of Bomb The Music Industry! fame) certainly has an excellent ear as his label's newest signing, The Wild, is a fantastic little Folk-Punk band from Atlanta (I've done zero research other than that). I just downloaded their EP about 15 minutes ago in my Salt Lake City hotel room, and I'm fairly blown away. The songs are beautiful, and have some very "sing-along" qualities to them. They appear to be a four-piece from their picture on the site, with the typical instruments, though one of the guitarists plays harmonica as well (not a rarity in Folk-Punk, I guess.) As I said I haven't done any research on them yet, but I should. This EP is fantastic! Have I said that before?

Lyrically, each song tells a bit of a story as well as carrying some political subject matter. The guitar sounds are very pretty, with just enough jangle to do the trick. The singer's voice is very smooth with pretty much no growl, which is perfect for these songs. There's a female backing vocalist, as well, whose voice locks in perfectly with the lead singer's voice.
The best song would have to be the closer, "Oh, Alex," which has a sort of "slow-dance" feel to it.

I'm going to go learn more about this band, and you should download this EP at Quoteunquoterecords.com for free (but I'm going to DONATE and you should too!)

This is getting a 5 out of 5.

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