Collection: Andy Shauf - Wilds - Collection

Andy Shauf is “a gifted singer-songwriter. More than that, a gifted storyteller” (NPR Music). Today, he announces Wilds, a surprise new album that offers a peek into Shauf’s creative process and how the multi-instrumentalist first begins building his songs into more ornately arranged final products. Additionally, he presents a new song, “Jaywalker.” Wilds is a collection of nine songs culled from around fifty tracks recorded by Shauf during the writing of his widely lauded last album, 2020’s The Neon Skyline. Presented in a near-unfiltered form, the unstudied rawness of the songs on Wilds is a revealing look at Shauf’s mindset during the time he was writing Skyline. Though it’s not necessary to be familiar with The Neon Skyline to “get” Wilds, the album can certainly be interpreted as a companion piece to that record, a revisiting of the doomed lovers throughout various stages of their relationship. The songs are presented here in their most nascent shape - Shauf playing all the instruments, coming up with the arrangements on the fly, and recording it all himself to “a little tape machine” in his studio in Toronto. 

Tracklist:

1 Judy (Wilds)
2 Spanish On The Beach
3 Jaywalker
4 Call
5 Television Blue
6 Green Glass
7 Wicked And Wild
8 Believe Me
9 Jeremy's Wedding (Wilds)

Please note that physical shipments for Wilds will not be ready until November 19th, 2021. All items in your cart will ship at the same time.