Band of the Week: This Wild Life

I have instantly fallen in love with This Wild Life. Originally a pop-punk four piece, California's This Wild Life is now Kevin Jordan and Anthony Del Grosso. After two years of trying to succeed as a band, a realisation dawned on them, that they're specialty is more acoustically tuned which lead to Jordan and Del Grosso parting ways with former bandmates. It was a bold move considering their original ways were big, loud and fast, but it was the best move they could have made as debut album 'Clouded' stands out in a small market of acoustic bands. What's also nice about This Wild Life is that they are best friends. The music is not forced nor contrived, it's not two guys playing music for fame or for money; it is two best friends who have a brother-like bond and it is this chemistry which makes them to succeed as a two piece, a feat which is difficult in such a large and vast music scene. Now signed to Epitaph Records and currently on Warped Tour across America, the duo are making their own mark the same way bands such as City and Colour have. Reminiscent of Dashboard Confessional, Jordan's voice is naked and vulnerable and his lyrics are bare and express emotion in a way that only Del Grosso's gentle acoustics could compliment. It makes for some truly hair raising songs. Despite their small nature, they're sound is big and it is impressionable. They are a band with the potential to grow and rob the hearts of many a listener. Although they don't look like you're typical acoustic heroes (tattooed and pierced in ways the males of metal bands are) they have the potential to be just that. It's an exciting time when you find a band as precious as This Wild Life, it opens the door to a whole new genre and sound, it is a discovery and it is falling in love.

Also, check out their cover of Bring Me The Horizon's 'Sleepwalking.' It is stunning.

Album 'Clouded' is available on CD and digitally now. The band can be caught supporting Tonight Alive across the UK in November.