Pick of the Week: The Wrestle - Frightened Rabbit

Up until two years ago, I knew three things about Scotland. They were Sean Connery, the Lochness monster and that a mass mooning is sound military strategy.  But then Midnight Organ Fight came out and thanks to Frightened Rabbit, I learned one more thing about the country: it is a breeding ground for amazing and earnest rock n’ roll. Frightened Rabbit are like cultural ambassadors; they’ve opened up my little brain to a wondrous new world through label mates We Were Promised Jetpacks and The Twilight Sad.

With Frightened Rabbit’s new album Winter of Mixed Drinks, they’ve kept the epic nature of the previous record, but with the addition of band members, they’ve widened their sonic pallet. No song exemplifies this better than the pulsing, melodic and grandiose sound like “The Wrestle.” It’s certainly a Frightened Rabbit track, with lead singer Scott Hutchison’s warbling voice, and choral “ooh ooh oohs” throughout. But the band is also more refined these days and have added layers of sound and shoegaze to their pop/folk/rock/what have you.

They’re currently touring, and even though they’re skipping Los Angeles, I’ll post the dates for people living in luckier cities.

-DJ Bears!