The Thousands

Rites Wild, high times vibe train for Adelaide’s S. Wilson, has spent this passing springtime dropping mellow beats and spectral visions across this arid land, and now everything Rites Wild has revealed on previous releases is being bettered on the Spring 2011 Tour Tape. The reverb cascades like a broken glass waterfall. The haunting vocals are submerged in layers of minimalist synth drone. Percussive beats drive at the pace of a narcoleptic stumble. It’s beautiful.

‘Detached Living‘ is a woozy trip. Spring sunshine peeking through the moth holes in heavy curtains. Downer beats, and (even deeper) downer vocals, spiral through the cortex. The juxtaposition of lilting synth riffs offer solid grounding to the ‘monotone doom pop’ tag afforded to Rites Wild.

‘Seasonal Shine‘ finds the warm spring air penetrated by an occasional blast of night time arctic chill. There is a sense of hope and joy in its laconic delivery. The instrumental, ‘Minimal Where‘, might be Rites Wild’s chirpiest moment yet. It’s like riding a bike or sitting on the bus. A soundtrack to a simple journey.

It’s uppers and downers on tape and captures the solitude one finds living in the isolation of a town trying to be a city. With an LP hitting next year, it’s good times set for Rites Wild.