Wild Ones share new video for ‘Standing in the Back at Your Show’
Wild Ones share “Standing in the Back at Your Show” video
Debut LP Mirror Touch out now via Topshelf Records
Winter US tour dates with Tennis
WATCH THE NEW VIDEO HERE
“If Portland’s Wild Ones aren’t on your radar, get ready to add them to all your favorite indie playlists…raw and authentic indie music with meaning.” – Nylon
“Danielle Sullivan’s warm vocals blend with the intense, yet still pop-influenced percussion and synths that swirl around her.” – DIY Magazine
“Delicately arranged dream pop.” – The Sun
“Wild Ones’ Mirror Touch is the perfect pint-sized pick-me-up” – The Line of Best Fit
“A sumptuous undertaking, one that bleeds an acutely subtle prickliness through the elegant shell of the composition which does its best to hide the such sentiments from view.” – GoldFlakePaint
Wild Ones glimmering new album, Mirror Touch, is available worldwide now from Topshelf Records. To celebrate, the group has released the Matthew Thomas Ross directed video for “Standing in the Back at Your Show”.
“Mirror Touch considers the boundaries between self and other when creating art,” explains vocalist Danielle Sullivan. “How do you know yourself when there are a thousand voices considering every angle, analyzing every choice? On this record there are love songs, anxious songs, and songs of isolation. My favorite pop songs contain heartache in seductive packaging, like some kind of emotional Trojan horse. This is our version. It took us two years to make and we went through multiple renditions of everything. What you have now is our truest, most honest expression of the last few years. We’re happy to share it with you.”
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Formats: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette
Track Listing
1. Paresthesia
2. Do You Really
3. They’re Not Me
4. Invite Me In
5. Standing In The Back At Your Show
6. Night Shift
7. I Wanna Be Your Man
8. Love and Loathing
9. Forgetting RockNRoll
10. No Money
More on Wild Ones:
Wild Ones delve into the bliss and burden that musicians are tasked with today: create work that captures your spirit, but do it without selling your soul. Self-produced and recorded, they walk the line of DIY oddity and polished pop sheen. Hailing from Portland, Oregon, the band combines the talents of lead vocalist Danielle Sullivan, keyboardist Thomas Himes, drummer Seve Sheldon, guitarist Nick Vicario and bassist Max Stein. Growing up on Cocteau Twins and En Vogue, their sound is a mash of R&B synths, muted guitar, and somber vocal melodies. After 7 years together, they’ve hit their stride in creating work that poses questions about art and authenticity.
Mirror Touch, the band’s latest record releasing in October 2017 via Topshelf Records, explores spaces of isolation, loneliness and how it feels when the line between self and other becomes blurred. The record title refers to the condition “Mirror Touch Synesthesia” and the physiological experience of empathy. How can you know yourself, when in public you become everyone else? The songs explore the quest to maintain artistic self-integrity in an industry that seeks to homogenize. Solitary in their process of collaboration, Himes and Vicario produce the music, while Sullivan crafts lyrics and melodies, their attempt at self-preservation against the ever-changing expectations of what music should or should not be. Combining their style of upbeat melodies with a backdrop of darker lyrical themes, an inquiry into their artistic process ultimately reflects a balance between earnest head nods to their favorite sounds with a fierce loyalty to their own sense of self.