Jun 13, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Hayden Thorpe, former singer for British art-rockers Wild Beasts, has announced a new album, Ness, and shared its first single, “They,” via a music video. More

Oct 12, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Hayden Thorpe, former singer for British art-rockers Wild Beasts, is releasing a new album, Moondust For My Diamond, this Friday via Domino. Now he has shared its fourth and final pre-release single, “Golden Ratio,” via a charming video featuring a message attached to a red heart-shaped balloon that travels around the English countryside. More

Sep 07, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Hayden Thorpe, former singer for British art-rockers Wild Beasts, has shared a video for his new song “Metafeeling.” It is the latest single release from his forthcoming album Moondust For My Diamond, which will be out on October 15 via Domino. More

Jul 06, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Hayden Thorpe, formerly the singer for British art-rockers Wild Beasts, has announced a new solo album, Moondust For My Diamond, and shared its first single, “The Universe Is Always Right,” via a video for it. More

May 08, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Hayden Thorpe, formerly the singer for British art-rockers Wild Beasts, and Hot Chip founding member Joe Goddard have teamed up for a new single, “Unknown Song.” More

Sep 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Hayden Thorpe, formerly the singer for British art-rockers Wild Beasts, released his debut solo album, Diviner, back in May via Domino. Now he has shared a brand new song, “Full Beam,” that was recorded during the sessions for Diviner but didn’t make the final tracklist. More

Sep 03, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

One True Pairing (aka former Wild Beasts member Tom Fleming) is releasing his self-titled debut album under that name on September 20 via Domino. Now the British musician has shared another song from it, “Dawn At the Factory,” which, as its title suggests, is partly about factories in the UK. More

Jul 16, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Tom Fleming was formerly a member British art-rockers Wild Beasts, who called it quits in 2018. He recently announced a new solo project, One True Pairing, and shared a video for its first song, also titled “One True Pairing” (it was one of our Songs of the Week). Now Fleming has announced his debut album as One True Pairing, also titled One True Pairing, and shared a video for its second single, “I’m Not Afraid.” More

Jul 03, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Tom Fleming was formerly a member British art-rockers Wild Beasts, who called it quits in 2018. Now he has announced a new solo project, One True Pairing, and shared a video for its first song, also titled “One True Pairing.” More

May 24, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Hayden Thorpe, formerly the singer for British art-rockers Wild Beasts, has released his debut solo album, Diviner, today via Domino. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

May 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Hayden Thorpe, formerly the singer for British art-rockers Wild Beasts, is releasing his debut solo album, Diviner, this Friday (May 24) via Domino. Now he has shared another song from it, “Earthly Needs,” a track built around a hypnotic beat and Thorpe’s distinctive emotive vocals. More

Apr 09, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Hayden Thorpe, formerly the singer for British art-rockers Wild Beasts, has announced his debut solo album, Diviner, and has shared a new song from it, “Love Crimes,” via a video for the track. More

Feb 21, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

In 2017 British art-rockers Wild Beasts announced their breakup in a typed up statement, signed by the band and posted to Instagram. More

Apr 27, 2018 By Stephen Mayne

Our Gallic friends came to visit this week, plus cabinet positions remain unfulfilled, lawyers refuse to speak, Kanye West continues to court controversy, and Janelle Monáe remains impeccably cool. More

Dec 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Back in September British art-rockers Wild Beasts announced their breakup in a typed up statement, signed by the band and posted to Instagram. In October the band released a final EP, Punk Drunk and Trembling, and announced three farewell concerts for next February. Now they have announced a final album, Last Night All My Dreams Came True, due for release on February 16, 2018 via Domino. More

Sep 29, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

It wasn’t the strongest week for truly compelling new tracks, but there was still enough of note to make us rally and put together a decent Songs of the Week post. To help you sort through the multitude of fresh songs released in the last seven days, we have picked the seven best this week had to offer, along with highlighting other notable new tracks shared this week. More

Sep 26, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Yesterday British art-rockers Wild Beasts announced their breakup in a typed up statement, signed by the band and posted to Instagram. Now the band have announced a final EP, Punk Drunk and Trembling, and three farewell concerts. They have also shared the EP’s title track, “Punk Drunk and Trembling.” More

Sep 25, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

British art-rockers Wild Beasts have announced their breakup. In a typed up statement, signed by the band and posted to Instagram, the band wrote: “Wild Beasts are coming to an end.” More

Jun 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds have organized a series of concerts in houses to raise awareness for the refugee crisis. More

Feb 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Wild Beasts released a great and funky new album, Boy King, last August via Domino. Now the band have shared a new video for Boy King track “Alpha Female.” They are calling it a short film and it is true that it doesn’t feature any of the band’s members, but it also the length of the song and doesn’t feature a strong narrative that would label it a short film. More

Nov 02, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar‘s one-week Protest Auction for the American Cancer Society ended last week and was a complete success. But as happens every time we do a protest sign auction, a handful of signs didn’t sell for whatever reason. More

Oct 28, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar‘s one-week Protest Auction for the American Cancer Society ended on Tuesday and was a complete success. But as happens every time we do a protest sign auction, a handful of signs didn’t sell for whatever reason. So we have relisted them. You have until next Wednesday, November 2, at 3 PM eastern to bid on the signs by Perfect Pussy, Wild Beasts, Everything Everything, Fear of Men, Amber Arcades, Cullen Omori, and Younghusband. Also still up for grabs is a signed vinyl copy of How to Dress Well‘s latest album, Care. More

Sep 09, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our 2016 Protest Issue (out September, October, and into November), which is out now both digitally and on newsstands. We’ve done a Protest Issue every U.S. Presidential election year since 2004 and as before this issue features articles examining the intersection of music and politics and photo shoots with musicians holding protest signs of their own making. Then in mid-October we will be launching our charity Protest Auction, in which we auction off all the protest signs in the issue, with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. More

Aug 04, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Wild Beasts are releasing a new album, Boy King, tomorrow via Domino. Previously the band had shared the videos for the album’s first single, “Get a Bang” and the album’s second single, and album opener, “Big Cat.” More

Jul 19, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Wild Beasts are releasing a new album, Boy King, on August 5 via Domino. Previously the band had shared the videos for the album’s first single, “Get a Bang” and the album’s second single, and album opener, “Big Cat.” Now the band has shared another song from the album, “Celestial Creatures.” More

Jul 07, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Wild Beasts are releasing a new album, Boy King, on August 5 via Domino. Previously the band had shared the video for the album’s first single, “Get a Bang.” Now the album’s second single, and album opener, “Big Cat,” has been shared via its video. More

May 24, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Wild Beasts have announced a new album, Boy King, and shared a video for its first single, “Get a Bang.” Boy King is due out August 5 via Domino. Olivier Groulx directed the “Get a Bang” video, which was shot in Belgrade. More

Dec 18, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Wild Beasts recently recorded a session in London’s Royal Festival Hall, where frontman Hayden Thorpe played “Wanderlust” on the venue’s 7,866-pipe organ. More

Dec 11, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Song streams are soooo over. Just ask Wild Beasts who used the emerging form of a GIF graphic novel to unveil two released tracks. More

Nov 04, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Wild Beasts’ new video for Present Tense cut “Palace” is like a nightmare version of a game show. More

Jun 19, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

British indie pop band Wild Beasts have released a new video for their song “Mecca” from Present Tense, their full length LP released earlier this year. “Mecca” is a wash of colors and surreal imagery. It was directed by Kate Moross, an artist who frequently works with Jessie Ware. More

Apr 08, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Recently releasing their fourth LP Present Tense Wild Beasts have premiered a brand new music video for their single “A Simple Beautiful Truth.” More

Mar 27, 2014 By Laura Studarus

East India Youth has given “Simple Beautiful Truth,” a track from Wild Beasts’ recently released album Present Tense, the remix treatment. More

Feb 28, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Releasing their latest album Present Tense earlier this week, UK outfit Wild Beasts have shared a remix of record’s lead single “Wanderlust” by The Field. More

Feb 12, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Take a listen to “Sweet Spot,” the new single from Wild Beasts’ forthcoming album Present Tense, due out Feb 25 on Domino Records. More

Jan 29, 2014 By Laura Studarus

On Feb 25 Wild Beasts will release their new album Present Tense. In honor of that event, the band has handed over their single “Wanderlust” to London trio Factory Floor. More

Jan 08, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Following their 2010 album Smother, UK four-piece Wild Beasts have announced the release of their next full-length effort, Present Tense. More

Apr 04, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Recently premiering the music video for their new track “You’re Early,” 2:54 sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow have now debuted the single’s included B-side, a rework of the song by fellow UK band Wild Beasts. More

Oct 21, 2011 By Laura Studarus

A slew of indie and indie-approved artists are busy remixing Lady Gaga’s Born this Way. More

Sep 20, 2011 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Check out more photos from Day One of ACL Music Festival 2011 in Austin, TX including Big Boi, Bright Eyes, Fool’s Gold, Cold War Kids, James Blake, Kanye West, Kurt Vile, Mavis Staples, Santigold, Smith Westerns, and Wild Beasts. More

Sep 19, 2011 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Check out photos from Day One of ACL Music Festival 2011 in Austin, TX including Big Boi, Bright Eyes, Fools Gold, Foster the People, Futurebirds, James Blake, Kanye West, Kurt Vile, Mavis Staples, Santigold, Smith Westerns and Wild Beasts. We sent photographer Robert Redfield down to capture the action. More

Jul 26, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Today, Treasure Island Music Festival announced their 2011 lineup. More

Jun 27, 2011 By Laura Studarus

British band Wild Beasts is hitting the road. We have the dates. More

May 27, 2011 By Kenny S. McGuane

Kendal, England’s Wild Beasts have just released their third album, Smother, to what is pretty much worldwide acclaim. Known for their elaborate but spacious arrangements and the flabbergasting vocal techniques of the male alto Hayden Thorpe, Wild Beasts make music where the weird meets the gorgeous, the creepy meets the sexy and the devastating meets the inspirational. More

Apr 07, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Wild Beasts just unleashed the video for forthcoming album Smother cut, “Albatross.” We have the clip. More

Mar 04, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Recently announcing their forthcoming third album Smother England’s Wild Beasts unveiled the the record’s first single “Albatross” to BBC1 Radio. More

Feb 22, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Wild Beasts are set to release their third full-length album Smother on May 10 via Domino Records. More

Feb 09, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

For the first time ever, Wild Beasts are embarking on a tour of North America. They’ll be supporting their excellent sophomore effort, Two Dancers (Domino). The tour kicks off tomorrow. To celebrate the occasion, Wild Beasts have released a new music video for the bawdy and louche track, “We Still Got the Taste Dancin’ on Our Tongues.” We have the video. More

Nov 17, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

In the year of the breakout album, Wild Beasts got one in the form of the lush art-pop sophomore LP, Two Dancers. It’s the aural equivalent of a walk down a seedy alley in jolly ol’ England. Soon, some Yankees will get a taste of the Leeds-via-Kendal art-pop quartet when they bring their falsettoed cavorting to North America for their first tour ever. More

Jun 02, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

U.K. band Wild Beasts announce the release of Two Dancers, their followup to 2008’s Limbo Panto. More

Jul 08, 2020 By Dom Gourlay (As Told To)

The reason I chose this record was because when I was in New York I saw his exhibition at the Jewish Museum. Which is just a genius installation. Within that was a series of around 300 self-portraits. I don’t think he started making self-portraits until the last 20 years of his life. More

Jul 19, 2019 By Dom Gourlay

As the singer, songwriter and guitarist in Wild Beasts for 15 years, Hayden Thorpe was responsible for some of the most unique, captivating and ultimately timeless music created this century. After the band split-up in the early part of last year, Thorpe has been the first of its four members to re-emerge with new music. More

Feb 23, 2018 By Conrad Duncan

When I speak to Hayden Thorpe, co-frontman of Wild Beasts, he sounds exhausted. He has every right to be. We’re speaking just after rehearsals for the first of three shows that will almost definitely be the band’s last; they’ve promised that this is not an indefinite hiatus and they won’t be reuniting. But he also sounds exhausted in a deeper way. More

Oct 21, 2016 By Lily Moayeri

John Congleton, producer of Wild Beasts’ fifth album, Boy King, has an oversized dildo and a plastic Jesus guarding over the mixing desk in his Dallas, Texas studio, Elmwood Recording. More

May 27, 2011 By Kenny S. McGuane

Kendal, England’s Wild Beasts have just released their third album, Smother, to what is pretty much worldwide acclaim. Known for their elaborate but spacious arrangements and the flabbergasting vocal techniques of the male alto Hayden Thorpe, Wild Beasts make music where the weird meets the gorgeous, the creepy meets the sexy and the devastating meets the inspirational. More

Dec 21, 2017 By Charles Steinberg

There’s something unceremonious about releasing a three-song EP as your last recording. Yet in a way, the songs on Wild Beasts’ Punk Drunk and Trembling can be received as a final artistic statement in keeping with what has made them a band refreshingly elusive from containment stylistically. More

Aug 05, 2016 By David Edwards

As Wild Beasts get older, they get wiser—continuing to move inexorably towards a carnal lust that proves more dark and twisted than the teenage fumbles of their earlier incarnations. While 2014’s Present Tense prowled around the fringes of such lust, taking stock of its emotional fragility, Boy King tears its way to the center in a smouldering, multi-flavoured gumbo of layered electronica. More

Feb 27, 2014 By Kate Bennett

British art rockers Wild Beasts may hail from the wilds of Cumbria in the far north of England, but their music has always defied their craggy-landscaped origin and ferocious name: their 2009 breakthrough albumTwo Dancers and it’s 2011 follow-up Smother were sinuously sophisticated and low-key—barbed tales of sexual longing and self-loathing wrapped in sleek, atmospheric indie rock. More

May 16, 2011 By Kenny S. McGuane

Few are on the fence about Wild Beasts: You’re either madly in love with the Kendal, England four-piece or you find them alienating and off-putting. Either way, Wild Beasts have, for better or worse, refined a distinct and singularly affecting musical aesthetic, which is an achievement that commands respect all its own. More