Domino will be releasing the fourth album from Wild Beasts, Present Tense, out February 25th, 2014. Present Tense, the followup to 2011’s  Smother, is a dramatically new album – taking cues from the most intense and effervescent of 1980s and 1990s electronic sound but rethinking and retooling these elements with exquisite detail for the 21st century.

Longer in creation than any of its predecessors, Hayden Thorpe (vocals, guitar, bass, keys), Tom Fleming (vocals, guitar, bass, keys), Chris Talbot (drums) and Ben Little (guitar, keys) took almost a full year away from touring to conceive and construct the eleven tracks of Present Tense. Written in London and recorded at Konk Studios in London and at The Distillery in Bath, the band worked in close collaboration with co-producers Lexxx and Brian Eno protégé Leo Abrahams to create a record of astounding intricacy, coherence and emotional resonance.

Considered to be one of contemporary Britain’s most innovative and vital bands, Present Tense sees the group’s ever-restless collective muse lead them to  embracing new production techniques and songwriting forms while retaining their individual idiosyncrasies, which usually creates an interesting project.

PRESENT TENSE TRACKLISTING

1. Wanderlust

2. Nature Boy

3. Mecca

4. Sweet Spot

5. Daughters

6. Pregnant Pause

7. A Simple Beautiful Truth

8. A Dog’s Life

9. Past Perfect

10. New Life

11. Palace

WILD BEASTS WORLDWIDE TOUR DATES:

02-18 Paris, FR –  Nouveau Casino

03-04 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg

03-06 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour

03-08 Mexico City, MX – El Plaza Condesa

03-26 Manchester, UK – Albert Hall

03-27 Glasgow, UK – Arches

03-29 Dublin, IE – Olympia

03-30 Bristol, UK – Academy 1

03-31 Cambridge, UK – Corn Exchange

04-01 London, UK – Brixton Academy

04-03 Amsterdam, NL – Melkweg

04-04 Rotterdam, NL – Motel Mozaique Festival

04-05 Cologne, DE – Gebaude

04-06 Berline, DE – Lido

04-07 Hamburg, DE – Knust

04-09 Munich, DE – Strom

04-10 Milan, IT – Elita Festival @ Teatro Franco Parenti

04-11 Lyon, FR – Marche-Gare

04-12 Zurich, CH – Plaza Club

04-13 Lille, FR – Aeronef

04-15 Brussels, BE – Orangerie

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