Up-&-Coming// Two Wounded Birds

Fresh from the fields of Worthy Farm, after their triumphant performance on this year’s Glastonbury Festival’s Introducing Stage, big things look to be set for Margate based; Two Wounded Birds.

Forming on the tail-end of 2008, brought together through “a love of music from a bygone era.” Heavily influenced by The Beach Boys, The Doors and Rock ‘n’ Roll in general, as shown in their debut EP “Keep Dreaming Baby” and recent double a-side single; “All We Wanna Do/Midnight Wave.”

Baring a striking resemblance to The Drums meets The Vaccines on “All We Wanna Do” unleashing a punchy, punk guitar riff and general conciseness. Yet debut EP title track marks the true sound of Two Wounded Birds, with a Beach Boys similarity purveyed through front-man Johnny Danger’s whimsical, melancholy vocals with a distinctive surf-pop twee. Also through “Summer Dream” with it’s title sounding as though belonging to the “Grease” soundtrack, yet the evident Eddie Cochran influenced intro and instrumentation is it’s definite strong point under Danger’s signature vocal styling’s. Yet a different side of the band is shown through the moody, darker songs from “Keep Dreaming Baby” such as “I’ll Come and Get You” and “Night Patrol.”

Already making quite a name for themselves, with fans such as The Drums’ Jacob Graham, who released their debut EP on his own label; “Holiday Records.” But off the back of their Glastonbury performance, Two Wounded Birds will hopefully start to receive the recognition and success that they deserve.

For Fans Of: The Drums, The Beach Boys.

Listen To: “Keep Dreaming Baby,” “Summer Dream.”

Jonathan Hatchman.