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Wild Beasts’ debut album of 2008, ‘Limbo, Panto’, was fascinating. Initially dismissed by this writer after a couple of lazy listens, it seemed absurd of vocal and limited of compositional scope. What an idiot. Several plays later it proved to be one of the year’s best: dazzlingly original of design and ambitious of artistry, yet possessing pop hooks mighty enough to dig deep into the mainstream.

Despite the brilliance of singles ‘The Devil’s Crayon’ and ‘Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants’, the Kendal-formed four-piece struggled to attract the audiences they deserved, and ‘Limbo, Panto’ �" while celebrated critically �" hardly flew off...