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Wild Beasts share "Big Cat" from new LP (video), playing Baby's All Right in August (tix on sale)

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Wild Beasts have shared “Big Cat,” the opening cut and new single from the UK group’s forthcoming fifth album, Boy King. Slinky and minimal, it sets a nice mood for the band’s funkiest LP yet. Says co-frontman Hayden Thorpe:

If ‘Get My Bang’ was a song of the id then ‘Big Cat’ is the ego. It marked a breakthrough in the writing process for the album, defining the swagger and attitude that would come to shape Boy King. He is all powerful, but at what price?

The “Big Cat” video was directed by Pablo Maestres and filmed in several locations outside of Barcelona, Spain. It may or may not be about werewolves. Watch it below.

While Wild Beasts haven’t announced a North American tour, they will be in NYC this summer to play a one-off show at Baby’s All Right on August 10. Tickets for that show go on sale today at 10 AM.

Updated tour dates are listed below.

Wild Beasts – 2016 Tour Dates
Tue Jul 26 || UK, Leeds || Brudenell Social Club
Wed Jul 27 || UK, Leeds || Brudenell Social Club
Thurs Jul 28 || UK, Brighton || Hove Old Market
Fri Jul 29 || UK, Brighton || Hove Old Market
Wed Aug 10 || NYC || Baby’s All Right
Thurs Aug 18 || UK || Green Man Festival
Fri Aug 26 || UK || Electric Fields
Sat Aug 27 || Finland, Helsinki || Modern Sky Festival
Fri Sept 2 || Netherlands || Into The Great Wide Open
Sun Sept 4 || Ireland || Electric Picnic
Sat Sept 24 || Germany || Reeperbahn Festival
Wed Sept 28 || UK || Bristol Motion
Thurs Sept 29 || UK, Oxford || O2 Academy Oxford
Fri Sept 30 || UK || Margate By The Sea Festival
Sat Oct 1 || UK, Sheffield || The Foundry
Mon Oct 3 || UK, Cambridge || The Junction
Tue Oct 4 || UK, London || The Roundhouse
Fri Oct 7 || UK, Newcastle || Northumbria Uni
Sat Oct 8 || UK, Glasgow || QMU
Sun Oct 9 || UK, Manchester || Manchester Academy
Wed Oct 12 || Belgium, Brussels || Botanique Orangeries
Thu Oct 13 || France, Paris || La Gaîté Lyrique
Fri Oct 14 || France, Tourcoing || Le Grand Mix
Sat Oct 15 || France, Strasbourg || La Laiterie
Sun Oct 16 || Germany, Cologne || Luxor
Tue Oct 18 || Denmark, Copenhagen || Pumpehuset
Thu Oct 20 || Germany, Berlin || Kesselhaus
Fri Oct 21 || Czech Republic, Prague || 1 Lucerna Music Bar
Sun Oct 23 || Switzerland, Zurich || Rote Fabric
Tue Oct 25 || Italy, Milan || Magnolia
Wed Oct 26 || France, Lyon || Epicure Moderne
Sat Oct 29 || Spain, Bilbao || BIME