With their soundtrack-ready songs that wrap your brain like familiar outfits you have always loved to wear fit your body, the five-piece band The Lonely Wild gave a very enjoyable set at the Echo on Monday night. They played songs from their debut EP ‘Dead End’, opening wide-screen soundscapes, haunted by scenes of the old wild west, Calexico-style Spanish trumpets, and whipped-galloping-horse rhythms.
Saying that their tunes are catchy would be an understatement, they stick with you like old classics you have never heard,with their clever mix of indie instrumentation, spaghetti western and power-choruses. If certain songs may sound like a collaboration between Arcade Fire and Ennio Morricone, they instantaneously warm you up from the inside with their soaring five-part vocal harmonies, occasional slide guitar and Andrew Carroll’s nice and touching vocals
On stage, there is alot going on, as one of the musician was juggling between synth, bass and trumpet, and all of them were at some point participating to the vocals. The female-male parts were delicate, abandoning the cinematic view for a little while, and approaching a hymn-like territory.
They also played other songs not featured on their EP, and ‘Sun As It Comes", announced as a new one, started with a quiet acoustic guitar and then progressed into an atmospheric drama layered with percussion, sounding like a long duel in the sun.
They talked about an upcoming LP, already recorded – something to absolutely look forward – before doing a few more of their foot-tapping-americana-via-cinema songs of aching beauty.