★★★★★
The press bio for Wild Cub begins with an epigraph from author Jonathan Lethem: "Teenage life--possibly adult life too... is all about what you want and can't have. And then about what you receive and misuse." So begins the elaborately wrought, thematically sprawling description of the Nashville quintet led by Keegan DeWitt and Jeremy Bullock and their debut album, Youth. The album is at one point summarized as "a loose examination of how life refines us as we move through it...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-01-31
★★★★★
On their first full-length, Wild Cub sound much more experienced than one would expect a band that has been together just under a year to, as the duo officially came together last November. But a quick peek at their collective resume quickly explains that away: Nashville music veteran Jeremy Bullock has worked with the likes of Madi Diaz and Pico vs. Island Trees, while Keegan DeWitt previously scored films in addition to his solo career...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2014-01-22
★★★★★
The debut album from Nashville's Wild Cub, Youth, collects a set of spacey songs perfect for kicking back your feet, zoning-out, and humming softly along. By the time the anthem "Colour" swings in, frontman Keegan DeWitt's pop artistry is in full display. It's a standout track for its big drumbeats and the urgency with which DeWitt repeatedly sings, "Don't stop," holding his last note with control and defiance...
- consequenceofsound.net
2014-01-22
★★★★★
The artificial synth-horn tones and repurposed Prince beat that begin "Shapeless," the first song on Nashville-via-Brooklyn band Wild Cub's debut album Youth, would seem to set the tone for an album of updated '80s synth pop viewed through an indie lens. This is at least partially true, as there's an '80s reference point on almost each of this lengthy album's 15 tracks...
- www.allmusic.com
2014-01-29
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