California-based indie duo This Wild Life shed their initial full-band ambitions, successfully retooling their emo/pop-punk style into an acoustic format in 2014 with their Epitaph debut, Clouded. From their beginning as D.I.Y. up-and-comers to label-supported hard-touring festival attraction, co-singer/songwriters Kevin Jordan and Anthony Del Grosso have consistently shown an interest in creative expansion and evolution, moving from an electric phase to a stripped-down acoustic period, and later to a mix that included orchestral ambitions.
After working together at a local m...