'...a great handle on smart rock music that's informed by a raft of '60s artists- the band's wisest move has been musically admitting being influenced by the marvelous Lovin Spoonful' -Time Out NY
Distilling classic forms of popular music ranging from finger-style blues, 60’s garage rock, & Brit-pop against groove beats- The Royal Wylds have drawn comparisons to Tom Waits, Beck, TV on the Radio, & The Clash.
Lead singer Will Croxton is an indie rock staple & leader of garage rockers DT & the Shakes & Idle. Guitarist Stephen Lewis helmed DC's MK Ultra & the Oranj. Ivan Julian is a sought after producer & engineer & a founding member of Richard Hell & the Voidoids; both he & Al Maddy are session and touring musicians who have worked with such artists as The Clash, Matthew Sweet, Joey Ramone, Shriekback, the Uptown Horns, & the Misfits. James Burke, bassist/songwriter extraordinaire for <cq> & Idle most recently joined the band to complete the lineup.