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You NEED to listen to: Wolf Parade!
:: July 26, 2010 :: by Levi Trimble
With one part creativity, two parts energy then shaken in a cool glass of aged music theory, Wolf Parade combines the '80s post-punk revival sound with a modern style similar to a Broken Social Scene or MGMT.
Keyboardist Spencer Krug (also of Frog Eyes, Sunset Rubdown and Swan Lake) combined with guitarist and fellow British Columbian Dan Boeckner (also of Handsome Furs). With the help of a drum machine, the duo began writing for a new music project.
Later on, the duo became a trio by adding much-needed drummer Arlen Thompson. In 2005, guitarist Dante DeCaro (formerly of Hot Hot Heat) offered his services to the Sub Pop signers. Expo 86 is the band's quality take on retro-punk revival and modern indie rock. “Cloud Shadow on the Moon” reels in the listener with a mysterious and highly energetic sound, a formula that is seen throughout the album. The middle of the album explodes with the catchy and dance-like tracks “Little Golden Age” and “Ghost Pressure” that have the potential to be top singles. These tunes have a sense about them that grabs and reels the listener in like the delicious scent of a home-cooked meal near dinner time.
Wolf Parade keeps with their upbeat-accented, keyboard-hammering and guitar chord-pounding formula that finally culminates in the LP’s final track, “Cave-O-Sapien,” which adds a feeling of awkwardness – but in a good way.
Expo 86, Wolf Parade's third album, stands out from the run-of-the-mill indie-rock sound and brings a taste of the old into the formula and combines it with modern day alternative rock. This formula has the potential to send Wolf Parade up the charts and into the iPods of many North Americans.
Check out "Ghost Pressure":