Must admit, I hadn't thought about the Guy Garvey similarity, but I can see what you mean.
"Smother" is, along with BARB, one of the two standout albums of the year so far for me. (With the good, but sadly not brilliant Death Cab For Cutie in third place and the brilliant but sadly too short Jesca Hoop EP in fourth)
The second half of the closing track "end come too soon" remeinds me of the Cocteau Twins.
By the way, any of you youngsters who haven't heard the album "Treasure" by the Cocteau Twins, give it a listen and marvel that it is 27 years old!
Sorry, went a bit off topic there.........Wild Beasts, brilliant