Wolf Parade's Sub Pop debut produced by Isacc Brock

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Wolf Parade, friends of the Arcade Fire, were also signed. They were picked up by a little label called Sub Pop. Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock is said to be recording the band’s first official release in Chicago over the next few months. Don’t expect the final product until 2005. www.wolfparade.cjb.net.

link:
http://www.wavelengthtoronto.com/regulars/news/index.html

Early audio:
http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/artist.cfm?Band_Id=11211

― rs, Friday, 18 June 2004 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

im trying to think of a pun to go along with 'good news for people who love bad news' but i cant decide on what kind of news this is...

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Friday, 18 June 2004 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

wolf parade are good and they are really nice guys, the end.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 19 June 2004 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

A second ep is out.

I guess it was on sale when they opened for modest mouse...I never noticed it.

anyways, it can be ordered at http://www.cheapthrills.ca/

anybody heard it yet?

― rs, Tuesday, 31 August 2004 02:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I've heard the second EP- v. much like the first one, but with better production values. Six (I think) songs, all very catchy and pretty goddamn great.

― Kevin H (Kevin H), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 03:33 (twenty-one years ago)

"wolf" is to band names in the 2000s as "super" was in the 90s..

― purple patch (electricsound), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 03:40 (twenty-one years ago)

The Superwolves

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Last night a friend told me Wolf Eyes had signed to Sub Pop, right.

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)

they did

― purple patch (electricsound), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Wolf is true king of animals, master hunter and destroyer of christianizing way. those of Wolfen path follow the true black ways of the nightspirit.

― Vas Djifrens (latebloomer), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:52 (twenty-one years ago)

They did? Woah monopoly

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:59 (twenty-one years ago)

This Wolf Eyes that is spoke of, are they True Black Metal, particular of Canadian Werewolf style? Or are they pansy rock and roll and/or rhythm and blues?

― Vas Djifrens (latebloomer), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 05:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Finally heard/absorbed the new ep. Definitely a solid collection of 6 tracks which further nails down the bands sloppy frog eyes rock sound (Vas, not pansy rock/R&B). Just learnt of the Frog eyes connection, actually. The keyboards on 'grounds for divorce' kinda make me think of ELP, minus the crappiness.

The cover art is also well done (definitely an improvement over the last ep's photocopied cover - which I liked anyways). This band, to me, has a sort of mystical quality - think rocket robin hood. maybe. The little bit of artwork I've seen seem to suit this quality.

anyways, a much more eloquent opinion, from the guy who does 'said the gramophone', can be found at the link below.

http://jeremybrendan.blogspot.com/2004/08/album-review-wolf-parade-ep-self.html

― rs, Wednesday, 8 September 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

man i'm starting to feel old and out of the loop. i would be hard pressed to tell you the difference between wolf parade, wolf eyes, black eyes, black dice, the black keys. but i do know who alicia keys is.

ugh.

― rentboy (rentboy), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

oh man - i read this whole thread as "wolf eyes' sub pop debut produced by isaac brock". i got to the part where someone said something like "six songs, all very catchy" and was like WTFFFFF?

this thread is all of a sudden less interesting.

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Got a hold of the atlas strategic LP, which is the band (or one of the bands) Wolf Parede stemmed from. I think at this point I might have a biased ear, but I also really enjoyed this release. It relates to the sound of wolf parade, but not usually as murky or full in sound. Really shares the 'modest mouse influenced by tom waits' sound. Songs, such as the last one, also have some parrallels to Brock's relation with religion.

It's still available at:
http://www.globalsymphonic.com/

while some audio can be streamed at:
http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/artist.cfm?Band_Id=5712

one day, maybe, I'll stop talking about this band.

― rs, Friday, 17 September 2004 13:20 (twenty-one years ago)

go to the source: daddy's hands

― ddd, Friday, 17 September 2004 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

the best lineage of musical regionalism since Halifax '93

daddy's hands, blue pine, frog eyes, atlas strategic, wolf parade
and to some extent
dixie's death pool, run chico run, destroyer and pink mountaintops

― ddd, Friday, 17 September 2004 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

the new ep is friggin awesome.

― shut up, Friday, 17 September 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

just listened to this, rad

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

ah, pansy rock and roll.

― Vas Djifrens, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 17:45 (twenty-one years ago)

cutty loves montreal

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

ha. it's a nice place, no?

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

if Wolf the new Super?

(Wolf Eyes, Wolf Guitar, Wolf Colonel, Guitar Wolf...)

― PrintScreen/SysReq, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)

uhhh, from this thread, right above:

"wolf" is to band names in the 2000s as "super" was in the 90s..

-- purple patch (electricsoun...), August 31st, 2004. (electricsound)

The Superwolves

-- Andrew Blood Thames (andrew.thame...), August 31st, 2004. (Andrew Thames)

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 23 September 2004 01:01 (twenty-one years ago)

anybody sharing daddy's hands? I can't find it.

keep thinking my cell goes off when listening to dear sons and daughters of hungry ghosts...is this just me?

― rs, Thursday, 23 September 2004 12:01 (twenty-one years ago)

No- that happens to me too when I listen to it in the car.

― Kevin H (Kevin H), Thursday, 23 September 2004 12:10 (twenty-one years ago)

daddy's hands is/was great

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 23 September 2004 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

I like this band a lot.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 25 November 2004 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

I just heard one of their songs, Dear Sons & Daughters.. Not bad. I want to hear more

― buck van smack (Buck Van Smack), Saturday, 8 January 2005 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

For a brief, frightening second when this thread first appeared I thouhgt it said that "Wolf Eyes Sub Pop debut produced by Isaac Brock".

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 8 January 2005 22:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm listening to "Secret Knives" at the moment, and find myself entirely underwhelemed. What songs are good? What should I be looking for?

― rob mackey (mackey), Saturday, 8 January 2005 22:44 (twenty-one years ago)

"dear sons and daughters of hungry ghosts"
"it's a curse"
"the national people's scare"

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 8 January 2005 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

"wolf" is to band names in the 2000s as "super" was in the 90s..
-- purple patch (electricsoun...), August 31st, 2004. (electricsound)

The Superwolves

-- Andrew Blood Thames (andrew.thame...), August 31st, 2004. (Andrew Thames)

How does Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweetney's Superwolf fit into this equation?

― cws (cws), Saturday, 8 January 2005 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

ok, i apologize for my comment up thread. unfortunately i ran into a dud first. this stuff is pretty brilliant.

"dear sons and daughters..." is pretty great and "dinner bells" is one of the most satisfying songs i've heard in some time.

― rob mackey (mackey), Sunday, 9 January 2005 10:45 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

Said The Gramophone has a couple of tracks from their CBC session.

― alex in montreal, Friday, 4 February 2005 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

thanks for the link. From the comments on the post it sounds like the rumour is the album is done and slated for summer release.

the entire session streams at:
http://www.justconcerts.com/ram/sessions_wolf_parade_041101_wolf_parade.ram

― rs, Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I was halfway down before I realised it wasn't "Wolf Eyes".

Have they signed to Sub Pop too?

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Yep, their Sub Pop album came out last year. It was really good, too.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Wolf Eyes, I mean.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

So it's name your band Wolf something, get signed to Sub Pop year(s)?

Hi, My band are called Wolf Grout.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I read the thread title as "Wolf Eyes have signed to Sub Pop and Isaac Brock is producing their next record" and now I'm wondering if "Wolf" is the new "Super".

― Aaron A., Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.lioneye.homestead.com/files/jesus_laughing_oval.jpg

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:45 (twenty-one years ago)

aaron, that has been said in the thread three times already.

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I have a double leopards story. I watched a guy from double leopards watch a guy tear down the roof of the queen vic at UK atp 2004. he was just stood there saying 'fuuuuck'. double leopards rock too.

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a feature on wolf parade in the current issue of the online mag cbc radio 3

www.cbcradio3.com

― rs, Thursday, 17 February 2005 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

the wolf parade site has finally been updated...

http://wolfparade.cjb.net/

not much, really

― rs, Thursday, 24 February 2005 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Didn't the old site say, "we're working on a less crap website" or something like that?

I see that the six song EP is now available. $7.79 for a CDR and a cardboard sleeve. Not to mention the $5.46 shipping cost. Hmm. Thanks for the heads up.

― buck van smack (Buck Van Smack), Thursday, 24 February 2005 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

Wolf Parade opened up for the arcade fire last night. 2 new songs in the set. Where they sold the 6 song EP it said a new 4 song EP is out in June and the full length in September/October.

Strings were added to Dinner Bells, making for a great version.

Hadji was gone (apparently tree planting), but the set was still strong...an arcade fire guitarist filled in nicely.

― rs, Wednesday, 27 April 2005 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

A new EP, or the reissue of the first one? Either way, I can't wait for their full length. Thanks for the update.

― buck van morrison (Buck Van Smack), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 13:02 (twenty-one years ago)

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Does anyone know what the title of the song that they played on CBC Radio that was unknown at the time? It goes "I keep my head uptight/make my plan tonight/and I don't sleep/I don't sleep/I don't sleep till it's light/some folks sink/some are buried alive".

― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Friday, 10 June 2005 12:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I believe that's "You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son."

― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Friday, 10 June 2005 16:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought that one was called 'Shine A Light'? maybe I'm wrong...

― Kevin H (Kevin H), Saturday, 11 June 2005 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)

The 7th track from the sunset rubdown record is pretty amazing.

― rs_, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 01:04 (twenty-one years ago)

GOOD GOD. I read halfway through this thread thinking it said "Wolf EYES' Sub Pop debut produced by Isaac Brock." What a shocker that would be.

By the way, what's up with all these "Wolf" bands?

― Kent Jones, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 02:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, it's totally like the next "Super" or something... LOL

― a Side-walkin' Street Wheeler (aaron ef.), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

On "said the gramophone" you can find a wolf parde version of an atlas strategic song, a cover of frog eye's claxxon's lament, and the studio version of shine a light.

http://www.saidthegramophone.com/

the 3rd ep has leaked but I haven't found it yet.

― rs_, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 02:27 (twenty-one years ago)

WOOT!

― van nostrum (Buck Van Smack), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 04:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I've got the third EP, but I'm not gonna share it, for fear of harsh drunken reprisal at Boeckner's hands...

― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:36 (twenty-one years ago)

That Sunset Rubdown album is great- title tracks 1+2, hope you don't stoop to dirty words 1+2, hell the whole thing's pretty impressive actually. Didn't like the last track at first, but it's grown on me.
(x-post)

― Kevin H (Kevin H), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

i like it a lot too, but these days i'm kinda wishing that the instrumental indie post-rock people (from Do Make Say Think to Rachel's to certain Sunset Rubdown tracks) listened to more bach and stuff so they'd be less freakin repetitive. arg.

― Sean M (Sean M), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

EP3 is amazing!

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Sean, I agree with you on that one- esp. Do Make Say Think, whom I always feel like are on the *cusp* of creating a really transcendent album, if only they could just cut loose a little bit more.

― Kevin H (Kevin H), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I used to love DMST's Landlord record, but lately it's been leaving me so cold. And I like never listen to SMZ's non vocal stuff any more. And that Wolf Parade-Spencer post-rock project was ultimately a letdown (and so too do I wish these instrumentals on the Sunset Rubdown record were like half as long, or something).

― Sean M (Sean M), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

For the most part I also find the instrumental tracks aren't as strong. Track 5 fits well with the sound of the album. Track 11 really grew on me - I keep going back to it. Maybe hints at a wider range Wolf Parade may explore down the road?

― rs_, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 02:00 (twenty-one years ago)

apologies to the queen marry has leaked.

i just got my sunset rubdown cd in the mail - the tracklisting was different from the one I downloaded - so forget any remarks I made about certain tracks.

hmmm...sounds like a bit of modest mouse around 1:39 of you are a runner and I am my fathers son

― rs_, Monday, 27 June 2005 13:24 (twenty years ago)

half of the songs on this album are recycled/re-recorded tracks from the eps. what a sham.

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 27 June 2005 13:40 (twenty years ago)

I wasn't too thrilled with the new album versions after the first couple of spins. Being pretty attached to the ep versions, familiar notes and nuances felt undercooked or eliminated completely from the new mixes. It made for a sort of unsatisfying listen. Nonetheless I give the band the benifit of the doubt and figure I just need to adjust and put away with comparisons. Already I find myself gaining appreciation - but I don't think I'll ever concede that the climax of "grounds for divorce" following the 'looks like a newly wed' line is nearly as powerfull as before.

On some songs the new changes are more welcoming - modern world, for instance. And dinner bells is more haunting than before...perhaps the track which best retains the low fi diy feel.

fancy claps is excellent.

keyboards and guitars are more staccato in sound, cleaning up the murky sounds which definied the first ep. Drums sound big, sometimes with an almost druggy underwater pace (ie. you are a runner...).

It's an EXCELLENT album, but I'm not ready to say if it's the sum of its EP parts.

― rs_, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 13:17 (twenty years ago)

This record blows. All the demo versions from the first two EPs are much better. Best new song is Disco Sheets, and it isn't even on the full length.

― cdwill, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

RS, you're right about grounds for divorce- the ending of the EP version is just chock full of amazing, incandescent hooks, and for some reason the album version just seems a lot more dry (the bass line at the end is buried deep down in the ATTQM version). I think 'Modern World', 'Dinner Bells' and 'This Heart's On Fire' are the only songs that really come out stronger than their EP or live incarnations.

― Kevin H (Kevin H), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Kevin - It's funny, we're of almost entirely opposite opinions. I think "Dinner Bells" is definitely better on the EP, and I probably prefer Dan B's live recording of "This Heart is On Fire" to the LP version. I hate that they took the fun out of the guitar-answer to "Maestro learns the music..." (The exception to my frustration is the awesome concrete-block-drop sound of Dan's guitar on "Dinner Bells"' big chords.)

As I said elsewhere, though, I find this recording of "I'll Believe in Anything" fucking am-A-zing, specifically when everything explodes into enormous cavern-vaulting feeling at the song's close.

"Runner"'s also very fine, and so is "Shine a Light".

EPs + CBC Radio 3 + this = one exceedingly awesome comp. And like my friend said, this LP will introduce a lot of people to their charms in a way that the EPs haven't.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

Sean, you're right about it introducing a lot of people to the band- and that can only be a good thing- but some of the production/arrangement choices on the LP versions are just sort of baffling (I do miss that guitar-rejoinder on 'Dinner Bells' too, that was such a nice touch) e.g. 'It's a Curse' seems oddly abbreviated, the removal of the wailing Spencer vocals from the beginning of 'Dear Sons and Daughters...', etc. I just feel like a lot of the urgency in older versions is missing from the album tracks, and maybe that'll disappear the more I listen to it.

Let me ask you though, Sean- which version of 'I'll Believe in Anything' do you like the best? For some reason I keep coming back to the Sunset Rubdown one, there's something about the harshness of that recording that's really appealing.

― Kevin H (Kevin H), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 01:23 (twenty years ago)

I didn't leak this shit! I'm putting that on the record, right now.

Also, the conjunctivitis is true.

― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 01:37 (twenty years ago)

Kevin - My fave versions of "I'll Believe in Anything" are the Queen Mary and Sunset Rubdown versions, equally and differently.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 06:05 (twenty years ago)

Just a question, is the four-song EP the green one with some crude drawings of wolves on it? I bought it when they opened for Modest Mouse and it simply came in a transparent plastic sleeve with no tracklisting and the recording is pretty wonky. Does anyone have the tracklisting for it?

― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 12:09 (twenty years ago)

the tracklist for the first ep:
1) modern world
2) wits or a dagger
3) secret knives
4) dinner bells

the cover I had is pink with a wacked out wolf. Inside there was some note thanking the arcade fire for their instruments, and something about living in a cave.

― rs_, Wednesday, 29 June 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

You got a cover with yours, RS? Mine just came in the transparent sleeve that Alex mentioned. I just listened to this again today, and I had forgotten how good a song 'Wits or a Dagger' is- seems like it's about Theseus and the Minotaur, maybe? Anyway, maybe they'll re-record 'secret knives' and 'wits' for something else.

― Kevin H (Kevin H), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 15:44 (twenty years ago)

Kevin, it's a pink cover with a spiked donkey. the insert note reads:

recorded in July 2003 by Wolf Parade at Arcade Fire's practice space, the location of which will remain secret as to not tempt robbers and theives, but we will tell you that it's in a cave, by the sea.

engineered and mastered by Arlen Thompson
cover art/design by Spencer Krug and Jenny Lee Craig
thanks to: Arcade Fire for things borrowed, emotional support, and the practice space/time - Win, Regine, and Will because they live there, in the cave - and Dave L. for lending us the recording equipmen.
all songs (all 4) by Wolf Parade
copyright 2003
[email protected]

I've warmed up to the new recordings - but dear sons and grounds for divorce still don't hold up to the originals.

...snakes got a leg has been criminally overlooked. so far

― rs_, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 03:02 (twenty years ago)

no wonder Brock produced this album--it sounds exactly like early Modest Mouse, only, you know, bad [I eagerly await comments of the "what do you mean, Modest Mouse always sucked!" nature]

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 03:10 (twenty years ago)

What do you mean, Modest Mouse always sucked...

― cdwill, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

besides the garbled, marble mouthed vocals, this doesn't sound like early modest mouse, irrespective of whether or not they suck.

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for the info, RS. Too bad they didn't re-press the cover art on the later editions of that EP. And re: Sunset Rubdown, I sent an email to the yahoo address, and Spencer replied, saying that 1) the band is now a 4-piece, 2) they're going to tour, and 3) the next release will most likely be an EP of his solo stuff, followed by an LP with the full band. Gonna be kind of hard to find the time for that though, if the WP album is a huge success (which I think is probable).

― Kevin H (Kevin H), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

i hear bits of MM in some songs, like the distant mic yelling of "hit it on the head" in grounds, or the kinda angular similarities in a song like disco sheets (maybe sounds a bit like the view?). But I definitely don't think the sound is MM or that MM ever sucked. Frog Eyes is the definite starting point for comparisons. Sunset Rubdown is a little more Destroyer. Quality circle of music as ddd mentioned way back in september 17th in this thread.

A subset rubdown show would be great. I could see them touring with the new New Ponrographers, but like you say, the tour will have to come up pretty soon given the full time job WP will be.

― rs_, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

OK, I just heard these guys for the first time.

They are fucking great. Belissimo. Manifique. C'est c'est bon.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

Pretty good review in Pitchfork today. I like how he was up-front with the reasons to be skeptical, without being side-lined by them. (I've been struggling with this in my own writing about the band - trying to just throw away the baggage and talk about them qua them.) I also think he gives the album (not the band) too much credit, but am happy he likes "I'll Believe in Anything" as much as me -- I'm gonna have to post it at Gramophone this week, now that the album's out and we haven't gone Wolf Parade crazy in a month or two.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 26 September 2005 12:26 (twenty years ago)

There's part 1 of an interview at cokemachineglow with Spencer...at one point they compare the rerecorded versions to the originals, and Spencer admits Dear Sons and Daughters actually shriveled up and died on the lp version.

That he can admit some of the rerecordings suffered affirms they haven't lost grip on the messier original recordings which drew many of us to them in the first place.

http://www.cokemachineglow.com/feature/interview/wolfparade1.html

― rs_, Monday, 26 September 2005 13:44 (twenty years ago)

that's very interesting. he's right of course - the album version of 'Dear Sons...' is horrible in comparison to the EP version. now that i've had the album for a couple of months, i honestly think it's the only song that suffers in the rerecording. i was initially disappointed with 'Grounds For Divorce' but i think i prefer the new version now.

it's my favourite album of the year so far, and i can't see it being topped. the only track i don't have any time for at all is 'This Heart's On Fire' which is all a bit U2 for me.

― Lee F# (fsharp), Monday, 26 September 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)

good interview, rs_ (although i dunno about that "we are now best friends" line). funny, too, which is a pleasant surprise.

i really look forward to the second half.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 26 September 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

Listening to that stream someone posted upthread. This is dire.

Three songs of utter forgettableness in and (finally) a small melody. The vocals are ridiculous. Sub-almost anything else 'indie' I've heard that's broken lately. Not a reaction to the hype either, I'd never looked in this thread or knew anything about them until I saw this album get mad props. Good grief.

Anyway, as I haven't got anything nice to say I'll piss off now.

― fandango (fandango), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

Wolf Parade: Modest Mouse & Arcade Fire::Kaiser Chiefs: Franz Ferdinand

― M. V. (M.V.), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 17:25 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

3 new songs played at their Toronto show last night. All sounded great. One was a much slower tempo with Krug on vocals. Another reminded me of Dear sons and Daughters, although that's probably entirely inaccurate. Finally I remember hearing one with lots of ghosty keyboards which brought to mind same ghost every night. It's a bit of a blur.

The old songs for the most part felt pretty sped up. The sound was fuller with Hadji being back and Decaro being added to the mix. A good set, but I think they can do better.

The patients (these patients) opened with a really impressive set.

― rs_, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)

The global symphonic website says there's a 5 song sunset rubdown ep coming soon - along with a full band tour in the spring.

― rs_, Thursday, 20 October 2005 01:21 (twenty years ago)

This album is awesome!

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 27 October 2005 06:41 (twenty years ago)

yeah

this is lightyears better than arcade fire or any of those other bands who have been hyped as indie greatness.

― Googley Asearch (Toaster), Thursday, 27 October 2005 10:31 (twenty years ago)

yeh, i never really got into arcade fire but this - well i got it only the other day and it's been on constant rotation.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 27 October 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

I saw them last Sunday and cannot fathom their appeal.

― blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Thursday, 27 October 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

yeah this record is terrible.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 27 October 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

i can't get into the record either. and it's not a grower.. i saw them at NYU tonight. they seem like nice guys, but it's just sort of harmless indie rock. i admit that i'm a sucka for those video game synth sounds, though, and they did a nice cover of "Graceland" when they lost power.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Friday, 28 October 2005 04:17 (twenty years ago)

Yeh, I'm not normally a fan of "harmless indie rock" but there's something a bit special about this band. I like the fact a lot of the backing vocals does actually sound like a chorus of swashbuckling pirate canines.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 11:48 (twenty years ago)

Get one (original, pre-schism/reformation, viz. Blanco, Tiberius, Chillingsworth) Man Man.

― blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 16:09 (twenty years ago)

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