WYLDERNESS
RELEASE SHIMMERING NEW SINGLE:
“WET LOOK”
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– OUT NOW, VIA SUCCULENT RECORDINGS –
+ NEW ALBUM:
‘BIG PLANS FOR A BLUE WORLD’
– CONFIRMED FOR RELEASE ON 15 JULY 2022, VIA SUCCULENT RECORDINGS
PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM HERE
A shining second look into their long-awaited sophomore album, WYLDERNESS have unveiled a clangorous new single: “Wet Look”.
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Arriving like a thin ribbon of sunshine cutting through an ash-grey sky, Wylderness’ latest offering “Wet Look” blends doomy shoegaze sensibilities with brighter, more rhythmic moments that echo the pull of the coming summer months.
Changing tack from the punk-infused earlier single “Centre of Gravity” — the band’s first in almost four years — the mesmerising new cut nods to the likes of DIIV and Sonic Youth, but adds a woozy and infectious Wylderness spin.
Fuzzy and lo-fi feeling at times, but polished and pop-tinted at others, the band explain of the new track:
“We found these old books by Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata at a second hand furniture and nick nack store in Cardiff. Pretentiously, the books ended up inspiring a few of the songs on our new album and this one in particular.
It’s about what it means to get some connection back with nature when we’ve become estranged from it. The title draws inspiration from 90s hair gel, the almost inevitable result of encountering rainfall when climbing a mountain in Wales — and embracing it.”
Recorded at Giant Wafer Studios on a farm in rural mid-Wales and with vocals and overdubs added at Andy Ramsay (Stereolab)’s Press Play Studio in London, the track seeks to embody this contrast between the buzz of the city and the stillness found in nature.
Recorded and produced by Rory Attwell, the band add:
“Musically it’s inspired by the early Real Estate albums. It’s the first song we wrote for the new album — it talks about solitude and isolation but the lyrics were written before the pandemic!”
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Alongside earlier single “Centre of Gravity” — a curveball track with stabbing punk sensibilities and a frantic undercurrent of fuzzy reverb — “Wet Look” comes as another glimpse into Wylderness’ confirmed second album ‘Big Plans for a Blue World’ produced by Rory Atwell and due 15 July 2022, via Succulent Recordings. Recorded between Andy Ramsay of Stereolab’s London studio and a farm in rural Wales, the release sees Wylderness build upon the foundations of their eponymous 2018 debut with an expanded lineup and a more complex approach to instrumentation, with the addition of vintage synths and clarinet.
Finally set to arrive this Summer, the long-anticipated record comes as the band’s first in almost four years, and is a punchy and perspicacious follow-up to the band’s self-titled debut. Full of incisive guitar lines and misty dream-pop melodies, 2018’s ‘Wylderness’ amassed praise from the likes of CLASH, DIY and Drowned in Sound. The record was also championed by Steve Lamacq (BBC 6 Music) and Huw Stephens (BBC Radio 1), and was included in Radio 1’s Best of BBC Music Introducing.
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LIVE DATES
29 July – Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
WYLDERNESS – NEW SINGLE “WET LOOK” OUT NOW
STREAM ON ALL SERVICES HERE || WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
SECOND ALBUM ‘BIG PLANS FOR A BLUE WORLD’ – OUT 15 JULY 2022, VIA SUCCULENT RECORDINGS
PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM HERE
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