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In what’s promising to be one unbelievably jam-packed month with highly anticipated albums from Fleet Foxes, Explosions In The Sky and now Canadian alterna-rock legends Sloan all set to appear in May, you can add yet another band to that list — village hedonists Wild Beasts return on May 9 with Smother, the follow-up to their critically acclaimed album of 2009, Two Dancers. To be released through Domino Records, Smother was written over a six week period in East London and recorded in a remote part of Wales, and co-produced by the band with long term collaborator Richard Formby.

Listen up, those of you who surf the web expressly for free music, have we got a treat for you. The lovely people at Domino Records have seen fit to drop their poker face and show the world their hand, putting together Snapshot: A Domino Compilation — an 11 track selection of their latest and [...]

“We got gusto, we are headstrong” – having recently wowed Australian audiences last week, Wild Beasts are now giving American audiences a taste of what’s dancing on their tongues. One of 2009′s albums that refuses to lay down and be still, it’s only right that Domino Records unleash another great track (the third) from Two Dancers to be released on 22nd March via digital download to coincide with a full UK tour in March. Seems in this clip the boys are taking a winter breather on their backs, which seems to be standard fare at Webcuts HQ. Video is directed by Luke Seomore & Joseph Bull (Institute For Eyes). Gotta say, this song goes a little U2 toward the end, but good U2 if you know what I mean…

Having given us one of the most lurid and arresting albums all year in Two Dancers, the Leeds-based Wild Beasts are let loose on London and give us such a performance that we (as they say) still got the taste dancin’ on our tongues.

Three cheers for Domino still giving its artists decent video budgets. Following upon Cass McComb’s beautifully shot, dark gem “The Executioner’s Song” is the second single from Wild Beasts’ sophomore album Two Dancers. Turning the idea of a pagan virgin sacrifice on its head, the lush cinematography compliments the entrancing shimmering groove for a beastly treat.