“I knew he loved me, cause he made a tape”. The purest of feelings, the simplest of gestures; one can be sure that since the summer of 2010, Wild Nothing, the brainchild of Blacksburg’s Jack Tatum, has become a stable presence on those tapes. After a couple of singles, including a subtly exotic reinterpretation of Kate Bush’ Cloudbursting, his debut album “Gemini” heralded the arrival of an incredibly talented songwriter, whose summery shimmering songs could hint a deeper intimate touch: obvious reference points were british guitar bands such as The Cure and New Order but with an almost whispered approach which recalled cult acts like The Wake and The Field Mice; in any case, it was hard to listen to the first few bars of Live In Dreams and not smile. A glorious start, followed by the decision to raise the bar, as Tatum released the “Golden Gaze” e.p. at the end of the same year and recruited a full band with which he has been touring since. Read the rest of this entry »