{"id":10593,"date":"2018-02-19T20:11:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T01:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altwire.net\/?p=10593"},"modified":"2023-12-06T06:39:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T11:39:39","slug":"album-review-wandering-hearts-wild-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/album-review-wandering-hearts-wild-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"[Album Review] The Wandering Hearts &#8211; Wild Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since early\u00a0beginnings on SoundCloud, recent new management, and establishing themselves deep in the style of classic American country and folk-pop, London-based act,\u00a0<strong>The Wandering Hearts<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>are making waves, and making them quickly. Having recently kicked off their biggest UK tour yet, the group have found themselves stepping into a whole new year on a massive high, currently working their way through sold out venue after sold out venue, and riding the momentum of the release of debut 2018 record,\u00a0<em>Wild Silence.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Incorporating flavours of\u00a0<strong>Fleetwood Mac<\/strong>, alongside clear influence from the likes of modern folk-rock acts,\u00a0<strong>The Lumineers\u00a0<\/strong>Und\u00a0<strong>Mumford and Sons<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Wild Silence<\/em>\u2019s introductory \u2018Rattle\u2019 expresses plenty of the album\u2019s direction in crystal clear succession; with twangy acoustic instrumentation, a chirpy palm-muted lead guitar and taking full advantage of\u00a0<strong>Tara Wilcox<\/strong>\u00a0Und\u00a0<strong>Francesca Whiffin<\/strong>\u2019s shared harmonies, \u2018Rattle\u2019 starts\u00a0<em>Wild Silence\u00a0<\/em>off on an immediate high. This is closely followed up by the lively \u2018Fire and Water\u2019, a bouncy staccato riff and soaring chorus of\u00a0<em>\u201cthere\u2019s something in the water \u2013 starts a fire, feel like I should warn ya \u2013 but I never learn\u201d<\/em>, before the track finally deconstructs into an almost gospel bridge of repeated\u00a0<em>\u201coh ooh, that\u2019s what I need (that\u2019s what I need).\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shifting the album\u2019s pace, \u2018Change For The Good\u2019 steers\u00a0<em>Wild Silence<\/em>\u00a0into more\u00a0<strong>Fleetwood Mac<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Say You Will\u00a0<\/em>territory, noticeably emulating the likes of \u2018Illume\u2019, while \u2018Biting Through The Wires\u2019 embraces a far more gritty, southern rock-esque acoustic riff, lyrically focusing on desperate triumph through adversity;\u00a0<em>\u201cbiting through the wires, taking all the shocks just to find a spark \u2013 find a spark.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>The track finds itself contrasted with the previous \u2018Devil\u2019, playing into a far more self-sacrificial tone, albeit still maintaining a vibrant, uplifting character to juxtapose its own admittance of\u00a0<em>\u201cyou can call me the devil in disguise, I don\u2019t care \u2013 call me anything you like.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While much of\u00a0<strong>The Wandering Hearts<\/strong>\u2019 style throughout\u00a0<em>Wild Silence\u00a0<\/em>certainly finds itself on a more uplifting level, the album is perhaps at its best when exploring more personal, intimate ideas. Indeed, where the album truly hits the mark is seen through the far more solemn atmosphere of \u2018Laid In The Ground\u2019, a haunting reflection on a funeral for both those held closest, or indeed the writer themselves;\u00a0<em>\u201cthere\u2019s a letter in my bedside drawer \u2013 waiting there to be found. Though I go with you, I won\u2019t return \u2013 when you\u2019ve laid me in the ground.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Alternatively, \u2018Heartbreak Hotel\u2019 faces the typical wounds and hurt expected from such a title, yet resists falling into something lacking any real substance through a gorgeous vocal performance, while also incorporating a few more conventional pop elements along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, considering the record as a whole, <strong>The Wandering Hearts<\/strong>\u00a0have plenty to be proud of on their 2018 debut. With a slight misstep or two along the way, \u2018Wish I Could\u2019 and \u2018If I Fall\u2019 both being sweet enough, albeit a little lacklustre and causing the album to drag slightly,\u00a0<em>Wild Silence\u00a0<\/em>certainly still offers plenty of an enjoyable experience through some truly fantastic material. The London-based group are confident enough to follow their strengths, and the aforementioned \u2018Rattle\u2019 and \u2018Heartbreak Hotel\u2019 both stand as testaments to a style done right. If it wasn\u2019t already obvious enough, revisiting \u2018Laid In The Ground\u2019 offers plenty evidence to the group\u2019s ability to captivate; beautiful mellow instrumentation alongside crooning vocals and sweet harmonies, the chorus offers a pang of bittersweet determination, through repetitions of\u00a0<em>\u201csaid I wouldn\u2019t leave you alone \u2013 and I didn\u2019t. Said I wouldn\u2019t leave you alone \u2013 and I didn\u2019t. Said I wouldn\u2019t leave you alone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since early\u00a0beginnings on SoundCloud, recent new management, and establishing themselves deep in the style of classic American country and folk-pop, &#8230; <a title=\"[Album Review] The Wandering Hearts &#8211; Wild Silence\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/album-review-wandering-hearts-wild-silence\/\" aria-label=\"Mehr zu [Album Review] The Wandering Hearts &#8211; Wild Silence\">Weiterlesen &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":10594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","transcript_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}