Photos of Wild Nothing at 2016 Sound On Sound Fest in Austin, TX
Photos of Wild Nothing at Captured Tracks’ CT5 anniversary event in Brooklyn, NY
Photos of Wild Nothing at 2013 Osheaga Music Festival in Montreal, PQ, Canada
Photos of Wild Nothing at 2013 Optimus Primavera Sound in Oporto, Portugal
QRO’s live review of Wild Nothing at Alhambra Lounge in Brisbane, QLD, Australia on March 7th, 2013
Photos of Wild Nothing at 2012 LouFest in St. Louis, MO
Photos of Wild Nothing at Pier 84 in New York, NY on August 9th, 2012
QRO’s review of Wild Nothing at Holocene in Portland, OR on March 1st, 2011
Photos of Wild Nothing at 2010 Primavera Club Festival in Barcelona, Spain
After 2018’s relatively run-of-the-mill Indigo (QRO review), Wild Nothing’s sound needed something more – not a whole lot, but just an extra pep in its step. Hold has that, still the grand washes and synths, but also toe-tappers and emotion.
In “Dial Tone”, Wild Nothing almost go full eighties synth-dance like a John Hughes film (or more contemporary contemporaries The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and The Temper Trap), but other times Jack Tatum’s group reaches, particularly near the end with “Alex” and closer “Pulling Down the Moon (Before You)”. There’s even an evening drive (also out of the eighties) in “The Bodybuilder”.
Wild Nothing has long since settled down into their specific sound, and it’s a strong sound. But every sound needs to stay alive & stay active, like on Hold.
