WHAT STRANGE BEASTS

Washington go-getters tap into classic harmonies on their psych-soaked debut.

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WHETHER SHARING LEAD vocals or building harmonies, there’s something special about a group whose members all sing together, and that’s one of the many striking qualities of new US act What Strange Beasts. Admittedly, guitarist Cat Eddie only offers the occasional vocal on their hugely promising debut, The Maestro’s Tale, but between them keyboardist Ben Ruby, bassist Aaron Kremer and drummer Jonathan Maxwell make a distinctive chorus. “We came to that kind of organically,” says Maxwell. “The first track we started playing as a band was The Field. We had the lyrics up on the screen so we could track the arrangement, but then when the vocal part came in all of us started singing. And we were like: ‘Well, if that’s what we’re going with, that’s what we’re going…

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