Indigo
Although civilization’s transition into a cyborg world seems inevitable, there are still those who recognize the beauty and power of a human touch to complement the circumvention. Jack Tatum understands this balance, and through a decade making music as Wild Nothing he has learned to embrace both sides of that dynamic—but perhaps never as distinctly as on Indigo, the fourth Wild Nothing album. On one hand, it is a return to the fresh, transcendent sweep of his debut, 2010’s Gemini, and on the other, a culmination of heights reached, paths traveled, and lessons learned while creating the follow-ups, Nocturne and Life of Pause. Indigo finds Tatum at his most efficient, calculated, and confident—resulting in an artful blend of hi-fi humanity and technology that fires on all circuits and synapses.
Jack Tatum’s Los Angeles album finds him expanding his ambitions, but neither his songwriting nor his mood-setting measure up to the polish or the scale of his aspirational, accessible indie pop.
Wild Nothing returns to glorious form on Indigo, while Danny Brown and the Bruiser Brigade Reign Supreme on their Twitch-only stream, and jazz improvisers Szun Waves conjure a bright New Hymn To Freedom. Plus: the latest from Thou, Troye Sivan, Big Red Machine, and Muncie Girls.
After making the epically lush Life of Pause, which was recorded in three studios with different producers and collaborators, Wild Nothing's Jack Tatum wanted to do something different on the band's next record.
Jack Tatum's dream pop project Wild Nothing puts a unique harmonic spin on '80s synth-pop with new record Indigo, a record defined by rich p...
For Wild Nothing's Jack Tatum, maintaining a balance between high fidelity production and an organic sound-one reminiscent of his early recordings-is a constant battle.
There’s a beauty to how Wild Nothing’s music is becoming more and more polished with each new release, without losing the dreamy pop that has
Wild Nothing's fourth album LP ‘Indigo’ is antiseptically clean... a hall of mirrors in an empty room with bleached white walls.
'Indigo' by Wild Nothing, album review by Leslie Chu. The full-length comes out on August 31st via Captured Tracks. Wild Nothing play 10/16 in Carboro, NC