★★★★★
Release Date: March 12th 2013 How many times have you listened to a record, and thought, "Wow, this is a very unique record," or "Wow, this band has a very original sound"? If you're like me, your answer is "Not many times." Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but it's also the easiest way out to become an unoriginal and generic band...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-04-15
★★★★★
3 stars (out of 4)
A year ago, Barrington brother-sister combo Elliot and Natalie Bergman had finished a self-produced album and then released an addictive single, "Keep You," that ignited a frenzy of record-company offers. Though Wild Belle is now signed to a major label, the album they made doesn't suffer from any big-budget tinkering...
- www.chicagotribune.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
March 8, 2013
The brother-sister duo's honking sax, diluted dub and Lana Del Lite numbers fail to keep you interested
Album Info
Release Date: March 11, 2013 Producer: Wild Belle, Bill Skibbe Label: Columbia
3 / 10
Just how wild are Wild Belle...
- www.nme.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Wild BelleIsles (Columbia) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars On first listen, there isn't much special about this brother-sister duo's sunshine laced pop and reggae. But repeated spins reveal a sly artiness lurking beneath the surface that gradually becomes more obvious. Multi-instrumentalist Elliot Bergman paid his dues in the horn driven, under-the-radar world music/jazz/prog/funk/folk collective NOMO for six years, and you can trace some of this new project's left of center sounds back to those...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-04
★★★★★
If y'all were lucky enough to "Shake what yo' Mama gave ya" to Wild Belle's "Keep You" when it swaggered into town last year like a stone fox, you'd be forgiven for drooling in anticipation of their debut album Isles. One of 2012's most deliciously hot 45s, "Keep You" was as close as pop gets to bottled sunshine...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Reggae is the foundation for Wild Belle, but psych-pop, Afrobeat, and blues-rock are the unlikely building blocks that make the band's Isles a compelling debut. Siblings Natalie and Elliot Bergman gained indie cred thanks to their opening spots on tours with Of Montreal and Toro Y Moi, but Elliot's prior work in renowned Chicago jazz group NOMO is a hint that Wild Belle might not be just another fleeting buzz band...
- www.avclub.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Wild BelleIsles (Columbia) Call it the Taylor Swift effect: girl meets boy, boy breaks girl's heart, girl writes a million catchy songs about it. Chicago siblings Natalie and Elliot Bergman weave reggae influences into an indie rock ethos on a debut preoccupied with matters of the heart. "Keep You" embodies the tension, irresistibly seductive as Natalie purrs throatily with her honeyed timbre while cleverly tweaking feminine insecurities and addressing her inconstant lover as "little man...
- www.austinchronicle.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Wild Belle are a fashion-crowd-lauded brother-sister duo from Chicago who now, as custom dictates, find themselves settled in Brooklyn. Happily, their music is less predictable than that geographical inevitability...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2013-04-01
★★★★★
On their debut as Wild Belle , Brooklyn-via-Chicago siblings Natalie and Elliot Bergman trot out a left-field trend, turning reggae into the next indie micro-genre sensation. Lauded by style blogs as much as the music press, the word trendy is hard to bypass. But rather than attention-grabbing trappings, the island flavor suits the natural talents of the siblings, the smoky vocals and bubbling rhythms flourishing in the climate...
- consequenceofsound.net
2013-04-01
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