Earworm: Wild Nothing “Summer Holiday”
October 29th, 2009
Who: Wild Nothing
Sounds like: A big fan of C86 indie pop and shoegaze can’t decide which he likes better, so he makes music that meets middle ground with winning results.
RIYL: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Shop Assistants, The Radio Dept., The Legends, Black Tambourine, anything on Sarah Records
Need to know: Wild Nothing is simply Jack Tatum, an ambitious 21-year-old from Blacksburg, Virginia who also works under the guise of solo lush orch pop act Jack and the Whale and in the arty trio Facepaint (who sound a smidge like Wolf Parade). He’s another in the long line of one-person bands indie blogs have been fawning over this year (see also Wavves, Blank Dogs, Washed Out, Neon Indian, Dum Dum Girls, etc.). He does a true cover of Kate Bush’s “Cloudbusting” that takes the song’s etherealness to higher ground thanks to a heaping teaspoon of echo. In an interview with Chugardism, he admits that he works at a coffee shop and studies Communications at Virginia Tech. How down to earth!
Track: Released by Captured Tracks, “Summer Holiday” evokes the picture perfect summer… it’s a shame it’s arriving three months late. Jangling guitars, pretty boy-girl vocals, a spry beat and wistful melodies, Tatum really gives The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart a run for their money as far as writing warm’n’fuzzy, understated indie pop goes.
Buy: You can buy the “Summer Holiday” 7-inch here.
Tags: C86, Captured Tracks, indie pop, Jack Tatum, shoegaze, Wild Nothing
Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 2:03 pm by Cam and is filed under Earworm, The New Music.
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