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Wolf Gang’s Black River EP Out Now

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June 19, 2014

“A massive new sound of epic proportions…every track on the EP is sing-along worthy” – Nylon Magzine

“Sparkling indie-pop zinging with class, energy and potential” – NME

Watch: “Black River” video via VEVO
Listen:  Bastille – “Bad Blood” (Wolf Gang Remix) via SoundCloud

VEVO has premiered the new Wolf Gang video for “Black River.” The band said, “There is throughout the film both a dark intensity and a natural beauty that we think matches the musical and lyrical journey of the song really well; it is essentially a short Louisianan fairytale where the song’s lyrics about witnessing someone becoming lost along the way have been twisted and elaborated with a little artistic license until the Black River is very much a real place, filled with otherworldly lights and eery characters.” The Black River EP is out now on Cherrytree Records, home to breakthrough British acts like Ellie Goulding, Disclosure and La Roux. Nylon ran an exclusive stream of the EP and said, “the title number and thumping jam ‘Last Bayou’ really boast soundtrack status. It might be early to call, but who says that has to stop us from putting McElligott and co. into the running for songs of the summer?!” Black River will give listeners the first taste of what is to come on the band’s upcoming sophomore record out later this year. Wolf Gang are currently recording their sophomore album with British music producer Flood (U2, Nine Inch Nails, PJ Harvey). Flood just won the award for UK producer of the year at the Brit awards for his work on Foals’ album Holy Fire. 

 

Wolf Gang just completed a U.S. tour with Bastille and the band just released a remix of Bastille’s “Bad Blood.” The remix is available to post and share via SoundCloud. Wolf Gang have quickly cultivated a dedicated and avid fan base through three years of nearly non-stop live performances, including headline tours where the band sold out the historic Troubadour in Los Angeles, support slots with Coldplay, Florence + The Machine, The Killers, and The Naked And Famous, countless festival appearances (including SXSW and Coachella) and topping the bill on the influential 2011 NME Radar Tour. The live shows reveal the musicians’ interest in stylistic aesthetics as well: the band has a long-standing connection with the fashion world, and have collaborated with brands like Armani and Burberry and performed at London’s Fashion Week.
Wolf Gang initially formed as a solo project by London musician Max McElligott, but has since evolved into a full-on collaborative effort between its four members. Wolf Gang’s debut album, Suego Faults, produced by Dave Fridmann (MGMT, The Flaming Lips) came out in 2011. Although those songs were a reflection of McElligott’s individual musical sensibility, as the band toured extensively on the songs, Wolf Gang transformed the songs into vibrant live collaborations, leading McElligott to officially make the band a four-piece. Inspired to work together, the musicians decamped to Berlin to write songs that fully encapsulated their live experience and contained the sort of energy the band was able to generate onstage, resulting in Black River. The songs reflect a true melding of all four musicians’ sensibilities, which is something you can hear throughout the EP. “It’s great to hear everyone’s personality and style on the record” McElligott says. “This is a real progression for us in that sense because it’s a full-bodied piece of work that reflects all our characters and emotions.”

Black River EP Track List:

1. Black River (stream)

2. Back To Life

3. Last Bayou

4. Black River (La’Reda Remix)

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