That alternative and prog don't have to bite each other has already been shown by Fleet Foxes and Midlake, among others. The British Wolf People adds a new chapter to this with their second album Fain. And where the above bands mainly pick up a certain sweetness from the seventies, things are much rougher for this quartet. The eight sharp songs on Fain are all fierce swirling guitar symphonies in
… which two dry-sounding lead guitars and a bass wind around each other, and a drummer who, like Keith Moon, hits what he can hit. Over and above that is the melancholic vocals of Jack Sharp which can best be described as a cross between - hear is believe - Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson and Morrissey. These four hairy young men also appear to have been teleported in appearance to a time machine from 1972. It was released on Jagjaguwar, the label of Bon Iver, among others, where Wolf People belongs perfectly with their folky prog rock that doesn't seem dusty anywhere. (MR)more
