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Jul 07, 2016 By Christopher Roberts Wild Beasts

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. Pablo Maestres directed the clip, which was filmed outside of Barcelona, Spain. It starts with a burning car and then features a group of friends on a mysterious road trip who encounter a wild, well, beast. Watch it below.

Wild Beasts’ lead vocalist Hayden Thorpe commented on the song in a press release: “If ‘Get My Bang’ was a song of the id then ‘Big Cat’ is the ego. It marked a breakthrough in the writing process for the album, defining the swagger and attitude that would come to shape Boy King. He is all powerful, but at what price?”

John Congleton produced the album, which was recorded in Dallas and is the follow-up to 2014’s Present Tense. A deluxe vinyl edition of the album includes a 7-inch with two bonus tracks. Wild Beasts are playing a show at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn on Aug 10th.

Wild Beasts Tour Dates:

Sat 18 Jun 2016 Spain, MadCool Festival
Tue 26 Jul 2016 UK, Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Weds 27 July 2016 UK, Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Thu 28 Jul 2016 UK, Brighton Hove Old Market
Fri 29 Jul 2016 UK, Brighton Hove Old Market
Wed 10 Aug 2016 US, Brooklyn Baby’s All Right
Thu 18 Aug 2016 UK, Green Man Festival
Fri 26 Aug 2016 UK, UK Electric Fields
Sat 27 Aug 2016 Finland, Helsinki Modern Sky Festival
Fri 02 Sep 2016 Netherlands, Into The Great Wide Open
Sun 04 Sep 2016 Ireland Electric Picnic
Sat 24 Sep 2016 Germany, Reeperbahn Festival
Wed 28 Sep 2016 UK, Bristol Motion
Thu 29 Sep 2016 UK, Oxford O2 Academy Oxford
Fri 30 Sep 2016 UK, Margate By The Sea Festival
Sat 01 Oct 2016 UK, Sheffield The Foundry
Mon 03 Oct 2016 UK, Cambridge The Junction
Tue 04 Oct 2016 UK, London The Roundhouse
Fri 07 Oct 2016 UK, Newcastle Northumbria Uni
Sat 08 Oct 2016 UK, Glasgow QMU
Sun 09 Oct 2016 UK, Manchester Academy
Wed 12 Oct 2016 Belgium, Brussels Botanique Orangeries
Thu 13 Oct 2016 France, Paris La Gaîté Lyrique
Fri 14 Oct 2016 France, Tourcoing Le Grand Mix
Sat 15 Oct 2016 France, Strasbourg La Laiterie
Sun 16 Oct 2016 Germany, Cologne Luxor
Tue 18 Oct 2016 Denmark, Copenhagen Pumpehuset
Thu 20 Oct 2016 Germany, Berlin Kesselhaus
Fri 21 Oct 2016 Czech Republic, Prague 1 Lucerna Music Bar
Sun 23 Oct 2016 Switzerland, Zurich, Rote Fabric
Tue 25 Oct 2016 Italy, Milan, Magnolia
Wed 26 Oct 2016 France, Lyon Epicure Moderne
Sat 29 Oct 2016 Spain, Bilbao BIME