Wunderhorse is the alias of British musician Jacob Slater. Jacob fronted The Dead Pretties, a London band who arrived in a haze of hedonism and hype, bowing out before the dust had time to settle. Blink and you’d have missed them. Time-stamped yet timeless. If there’s any justice, he’ll soon be played out live in sticky basement rooms up and down the country, limbs everywhere, sweat dripping from the walls. An absolute mess, but what a beautiful one. The band’s debut record, 2022’s, “Cub”, was gritty and honest, brimming with reflections on heartache, self-exploration, and the strain of youth: relatable in ways you might wish it wasn’t. Stitching together the old and the new with snaking guitar licks, electrifying vocals, and magnetic bass lines, the drums acting as the backbone to a sizzling body of sound.
Wunderhorse is THE band right now. We’re totally obsessed – their fuzzy, warm, grunge rock-infused debut record ‘Cub’ is easily one of the best things we’ve heard in 2022 – and it’s just the beginning for this band. “Teal”, “Leader Of The Pack”, and “Girl Behind The Glass” are a good place to start. “Teal” is devastating track.
This new project arrives no less frenetically. “Teal” is a feral, romantic, visceral, chaotic and enchanting cacophony of sound that contradicts itself with each sleight of hand and change of chord. A rare, raw and assured talent, “Teal” is an urgent fever-dream of a number, tumbling downhill with the brakes off. Belligerent and unblinking. Arthouse indie-rock, but without the connotations. It’s one of those.
If this all sounds exciting that’s because it is. “Teal” is one of those tunes that has a rare ability to define the very moment in which its heard and forever associate itself with the memories long after. Time-stamped yet timeless. If there’s any justice, it’ll soon be played out live in sticky basement rooms up and down the country, limbs everywhere, sweat dripping from the walls. An absolute mess, but what a beautiful one.
“Cub” turns a year old in October. Jacob comments I think we all feel as a group that we’ve left it behind quite quickly, because there’s been a really long build up to writing and recording and releasing. We knew the songs so well by the time it came out. We’ve just recently done our next record, and those are the songs we’re really excited about now. We’re still playing some of the “Cub” stuff, but musically I feel like we’ve moved on from it.
Trust me when I say Wunderhorse are going to be a name you’ll hear a ton more about in the future.
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