Wild Flag (album)

Wild Flag
Studio album by
Wild Flag
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2011 (2011-09-13)
Recorded2011
Studio
  • The Hangar (Sacramento, California)
  • Type Foundry (Portland, Oregon)
Genre
Length40:04
LabelMerge
ProducerWild Flag
Singles from Wild Flag
  1. "Future Crimes"
    Released: April 18, 2011
  2. "Glass Tambourine"
    Released: April 18, 2011
  3. "Romance"
    Released: 2011
  4. "Boom"
    Released: 2011
  5. "Electric Band"
    Released: 2011

Wild Flag is the sole studio album by American indie rock band Wild Flag. It was released on September 13, 2011, on Merge Records in America and Wichita Recordings in England.

Composition

Musically, Wild Flag takes on "endlessly catchy" pop-punk and "determined" pop rock while also showing the quartet's psych-rock side.[4][3]

It is also seen as a fusion of 1970s punk with "careful" hints of new wave music.[5] Rebecca Cole's keys tap into the latter genre and its "nervy urgency", as well as the proto-punk of the 1972 compilation Nuggets.[6][2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.0/10[7]
Metacritic83/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The A.V. ClubB+[9]
The Daily Telegraph[10]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[11]
The Guardian[12]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A−[13]
NME8/10[14]
Pitchfork8.0/10[15]
Rolling Stone[16]
Spin8/10[17]

Wild Flag received a very positive reception from critics, which is reflected by its normalized rating of 83 out of 100 based on 37 reviews aggregated by online review aggregator Metacritic.[8] Pitchfork placed the album at number 49 on its list of the "Top 50 albums of 2011".[5]

Track listing

  1. "Romance" – 3:52
  2. "Something Came Over Me" – 4:03
  3. "Boom" – 2:45
  4. "Glass Tambourine" – 5:29
  5. "Endless Talk" – 3:00
  6. "Short Version" – 3:34
  7. "Electric Band" – 3:33
  8. "Future Crimes" – 2:44
  9. "Racehorse" – 6:40
  10. "Black Tiles" – 4:30
iTunes Store bonus track
  2. "Oh Yeah" – 2:32

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Phares, Heather. "Wild Flag – Wild Flag". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Michael Dix (October 18, 2011). "Wild Flag". The Quietus. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Rob Hakimian (September 30, 2011). "Album Review: Wild Flag – Wild Flag". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Stephen Deusner (13 September 2011). "Wild Flag: Wild Flag – American Songwriter". American Songwriter. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "The Top 50 Albums of 2011". Pitchfork. December 15, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  6. ^ Tom Perry (10 October 2011). "Album Review: Wild Flag – Wild Flag / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "Wild Flag by Wild Flag reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Reviews for Wild Flag by Wild Flag". Metacritic. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  9. ^ Ryan, Kyle (September 13, 2011). "Wild Flag: Wild Flag". The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  10. ^ Perry, Andrew (October 6, 2011). "Wild Flag: Wild Flag, CD review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  11. ^ Maerz, Melissa (September 14, 2011). "Wild Flag". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  12. ^ Costa, Maddy (October 6, 2011). "Wild Flag: Wild Flag – review". The Guardian. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  13. ^ Christgau, Robert (September 13, 2011). "Wild Flag/Mates of State". MSN Music. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  14. ^ "Wild Flag: Wild Flag". NME. September 2011. It's a thrill to be able to pop an ear in their direction and listen in.
  15. ^ Berman, Stewart (September 14, 2011). "Wild Flag: Wild Flag". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  16. ^ Sheffield, Rob (September 13, 2011). "Wild Flag". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  17. ^ Hopper, Jessica (September 13, 2011). "Wild Flag, 'Wild Flag' (Merge)". Spin. Retrieved April 12, 2012.