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The Leeds based, Kendal born four-piece Wild Beasts have created a collection of 10 beautiful, eccentric, very British tales that could be the most unique album you will hear this year. In another time and place, you imagine these dramatic sing-a-ling shanties could have been the fitting 'stiff upper lip' finale of the Titanic. They whisper of literary greats: the wit of Noel Coward, the wholesomeness of Wordsworth and the romance of Keats, as 'Heave-hos' and 'Cheerios' mix with modern day lyrics of 'chips with cheese', big matches and casual sex. There's a natural and noble approach to pop music on display here folks; the rhythm of a firm hand shake, waltzing guitar gestures and the angelic vocal soaring of lead singer Hayden Thorpe offer a rare and disarming range and yet the new single 'The Devil's Crayon' sung by bassist Tom Fleming shows yet another magical dynamic to the band's talents.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Wild Beasts-All Hot & Bothered, Nov 2 2009
By S.G.R. Black - Published on Amazon.com
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Ce commentaire est de: Limbo Panto (Audio CD)
One can guess fairly easily if one wanted to know what "Limbo, Panto," Wild Beasts' excellent debut album, will sound like. Much like their band name, the music presented here sounds, well, wild, animalistic, primitive, and somewhat tribal. Wild Beasts have two lead singers, Hayden Thorpe and Tom Fleming. Thorpe, whose vocals range from angelic and graceful to raw, rigid, and at times, incoherent and erratic tends to over power the much needed balance and consistency of Fleming, whose vocals are the complete opposite of Thorpe; deep, soft, soothing, and yes, very sexy. Though the mixture is startlingly unique, if at times a tad bit too eccentric. Still, "Limbo, Panto" is a brave introduction to and interesting band that never fails to engage and challenge it's listener.What is "Limbo, Panto?" The dictionary defines 'limbo' as a place or state of restraint or confinement and 'panto' (derived from pantomine) as any or various dramatic dancing preformance in which a story is told by expressive bodily or facial movements of the performers. The result is ten tracks of sexual angst, agression, and repression. Most of the songs here defy convention and fail to stay in a place of confinement as suggested by the album title. Instead, the songs break through the restraints destined by their artists. Baroque and operatic are words I would describe the bulk of tracks here, except for Fleming's breakout, 'The Devils Crayon,' which is possibly one of the main highlights on "Limbo, Panto." However, the big star here is sex. "Limbo, Panto" oozes sexuality. On the opening track, 'Vigil For A Fuddy Duddy,' Thorpe wails, "Hug it to me, and the rubber raspberries, with wantingly wet mouth I suck . . . remind me of your gentle f**k." On 'Woebegone Wanderers,' Thorpe swears by his own cock and balls. So whether it's "casual sex with a hard up thug" as it is in "The Old Dog" or "huffing and puffing on the mattress stuffing" in 'She purr-purr-purr-purred-while-I-grrr-grrr-grrr-grrr-grrr-grred,' one thing is for sure, Wild Beasts have come from their mother's womb to swoon ('Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants'), and I, for one, am smittened.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Dandy Lions, April 23 2012
By Man Without a Soul - Published on Amazon.com
This took me by surprise, as much as I loved the two albums that followed this one for some reason I assumed the debut was going to be an awkward embryonic experiment and would fall short in comparison. I'll admit I only purchased `Limbo Panto' because I found it going cheap - it has proven itself a bargain.This could well go down as one of my favourite debuts of all time; ridiculous, flamboyant, camp, excitable, risky, raw, freakish, youthful, ebullient, humorous, everything you want a band to be on their first release! The lyrics are great stuff, oh so English whether swearing on your c*ck and balls, settling disputes with cheesy chips or exiting the stage with a final `cheerio chaps'.
This won't be to everyone's taste - the whole enterprise sounds not unlike a Vaudeville cabaret show where someone is doing unspeakable things to a Jeff Buckley tribute act. It could have ended up sounding awful if the songs weren't there, if the humour didn't hit home time and time again - as it is `Limbo Panto' skirts close to greatness and could make most of what you are currently listening to sound pedestrian in comparison. A classic.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Limbo, Panto, Dec 26 2008
By Lee Archer "Eclectic Eleanor" - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Limbo Panto (Audio CD)
Great CDExactly What I was Expecting
Unique Songs w/ A lot going On
I Enjoy It
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