• Wild Beasts – Boy King

    Boy King, the fifth and arguably most accessible album from Wild Beasts proves that the UK art-pop quartet are, once again, making one hell of a grand statement. Having styled themselves as quite possibly the least laddish alternative rock outfit  around – sensitive, in touch with their feelings and disapproving of the brandish machismo that once encompassed the majority of British pop-rock groups – they have often used their energetic sound to strip back the notion of male sexuality in an attempt to reveal its hidden depths in a brilliantly comic fashion. Boy King is an album bursting with machine-fuelled funk. It takes an unsuspected turn, embracing…