The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - Wulf

 

The first thought listening to Wulf's Fire (Nov’14) is that there is an epic grandeur created by this piano to the fore indie rock song. It’s spectacular. Like One Republic maybe. Remember Apologize? No me neither. How about J Roddy and the Business, Don’t Break The Needle? Well you fucking should, that’s gold right there son. Well piano, on rare occasions, works a fucking treat in indie tunes, as observed in that Boxed In song reviewed last week, and it sure as shit works here. This is on a par with Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino for piano awesomeness.

 

Back to the song in hand. A stomping beat kicks Fire off with great piano sweeps and then the song drops to a whisper, wringing the alternating quiet loud dynamic for every drip of sweaty goodness. A song dealing with depression it sure is all encompassing and that may just be the point. Don’t be put off, in every life a little rain must fall, and if it creates amazing songs like this, thank fuck, cos this is one of the best god damn indie songs of 2015.

“If I burn all these bridges to ground
Now would you come find me?”

 

 

Wulf are an indie rock band who come from London and have been destroying it since 2013. Fire comes charging off their debut short player Lairs (Feb’15). They describe their genre as “Hammering Pianos”.

Shit you need to know:

Listening to Fire Indie Shuffle were minded of good Jack White songs and said the band are “…akin to any stadium rock band a’la Arctic Monkeys or early Muse”.

The band themselves simply said their song is, “Gospel. Rocking. Piano!”

The band have been compared to early Cold War Kids and Clash Music said they are “rooted in pop classicalism” and are “strident, confident…” Clash Music also felt the song Lairs was heavily influenced by Paul McCartney.

Wulf supported the New York indie rock band American Authors in 2014.

The trio have all taken Wulf for their last name, at least on their Facebook page, possibly in homage to The Ramones or just for camaraderie, either way it's a hot stepping move.

If you want to check out more Wulf Waves is pretty good.

 

 

Stirring the porridge today is the indie rock band American Authors. Hard to choose between all their good tunes but for pure fun try Hit It (2013).

"Up and down, jump off the deep end..."