Last Night All My Dreams Came True

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Audio Mixer: Robbie Nelson . Recording information: RAK Studios, London (09/15/2017/09/16/2017). Photographers: Sion Marshall-Waters; Edwin Burdis. Few bands have had breakups as amicable -- or well-documented -- as Wild Beasts'. After they announced they were disbanding in September 2017, they issued Punk Drunk and Trembling, an EP of songs from the sessions for their final album Boy King. The following February, they embarked on a farewell tour and released Last Night All My Dreams Came True, a set of some of their definitive songs recorded live at RAK Studios. For those who couldn't make it to Wild Beasts' final concerts, Last Night is the next best thing, capturing the energy of their shows while tracing their evolution from wild to sophisticated. The live setting balances both of these aspects: The band smooths some of the rough edges off of earlier songs like Two Dancers' "All the King's Men," and adds a little grit to suave Boy King tracks such as "Get My Bang." "The Devil's Palace," a mash-up of Limbo, Panto's "The Devil's Crayon" and Present Tense's "Palace," is an even more inspired blend of their sounds and eras that puts the interplay of Hayden Thorpe's falsetto and Tom Fleming's baritone front and center. That interplay -- which makes up the heart of Wild Beasts' music -- also shines on the album-opener "Wanderlust." The band's flair for setting stories of toxic masculinity to deceptively pretty sounds remains unrivaled on "2BU" and "Big Cat," while "A Simple Beautiful Truth" and "Hooting and Howling" serve as reminders of just how skilled they were at subverting straightforward pop. More engaging and more thoughtful than a standard best-of, Last Night All My Dreams Came True is a rousing goodbye from one of the most acclaimed bands of their generation. ~ Heather Phares