Listen: Blaenavon – Wunderkind
06 September 2013, 17:00
| Written by
Dan Carson
‘Wunderkind’ is the latest tune off KOSO, the debut EP from Hampshire boys Blaenavon.
Simple, lulling guitar notes are strung together, rippling out like a maudlin lullaby before vocalist Ben Gregory’s sullen timbre marches in with all the poise and sensuality of Hayden Thorpe in heat. A more reserved, introspective composition compared to jagged first teaser, ‘Prague’, but no less illustrative of the subtle variations these precocious indie kids are capable of.
Latest
- De La Soul release animated video for "Rock Co.Kane Flow" featuring MF DOOM
- Miley Cyrus to receive Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in 2025
- American Football Release Live Concert Film and Album
- Cynthia Erivo lists Sisqó’s “Thong Song” among favourite vocal performances
- Burna Boy unveils album tracklist featuring Mick Jagger, Travis Scott, Shaboozey and Stromae
- Sijya shares Leather & Brass EP preview, "Do I Know"
- George Riley unveils first solo releases in two years, "Slow" and "Unconditional"
Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday
Read next
Listen
The tumultuous tornado of Max Baby’s “I Can Do Anything”
Southern rapper sosocamo blends the ethereal and the brash in “Chronic”
There's a new idol to worship, and he goes by Cain Culto
meg elsier puts pedal to the slacker metal on “sportscar [scrapped]”
Retail Drugs breathes fire in the blown-out alternative rock “manny”
Fabrizio Cammarata offers a sacred soundscape in “Asanta”
Reviews
Lorde
Virgin
30 Jun 2025
OSKA
Refined Believer
25 Jun 2025
Tropical F*ck Storm
Fairyland Codex
20 Jun 2025
Loyle Carner
hopefully !
19 Jun 2025
