Wolf People Not Featuring Taylor Lautner

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After the disappointing release of The Wolfman two weekends ago, the lycanthropes of the world got together for a P.R. meeting, and hence Wolf People was born.  Apart from being the solution to all the bad press that werewolves are receiving these days, Wolf People is a mind bending UK band, in fact they are the only UK rock band on the indie torch-bearer label JagJaguwar.  Their sound is as faithful to the 60s and 70s as can be without being a cover band.  If you’ve ever wanted to know what the world would be like if Traffic didn’t suck, Wolf People is your answer.

On their first full-length release, Tidings (which is not an album, but a collection of recordings made by Jack, Joe, Daniel, and Tom between 05 and 07), the sound doesn’t venture very far from the hazy, distorted guitar-driven sound that dominated our collective pubescence and  much like the basements in which we spent our awkward years, the floors of this record is soaked in mysterious substances, both legal and illegal, and while the smoke begins to gather around “Storm Cloud,” you find yourself inexplicably smiling and enjoying yourself more than you thought possible for someone who still hasn’t touched a breast.

Wolf People doesn’t break any ground on Tidings, but they do shake the dirt a little bit.  “Storm Cloud,” is a musical room of mirrors, played with what sounds like a guitar, but can’t possibly be a guitar, while “October Fires,” spends little time mired in the darkness, but instead  gambols amongst harmonicas, bluesy guitar solos, and psychedelic vocal interludes.  For Zappa not played by Zappa, dig “Untitled”.

Mp3: Wolf People – October Fires

Mp3: Wolf People – Cotton Strands

Mp3: Wolf People – Untitled