Monday 12 May 2008



Fine young cannibals

photo: Meqo Sam Cecil

It might be a stretch, as the Sub Pop webiste says, to call Wolf Parade‘s At Mount Zoomer the Marquee Moon of this generation, but I will agree with them when they say that it’s the sound of a band moving forward, while one hand reaches back and grabs hold of the past.

Wolf Parade’s second full-length really sounds like a transitional album, but not in the way you might think. The transition here is between the members side project bands and how the have influenced and infused themselves into the fabric of what is Wolf Parade. Usually its the other way around, with the main band influencing the extra curricular activities; At Mount Zoomer clearly borrows some of Handsome Furs techno leanings, and Sunset Rubdown’s edgier experiments and brings into the fold. Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner are beginning to reach Lennon/McCartney-like individuality, as it’s easy to pick out their contributions if you know their side-project work. I think that’s what I’m liking most about this album–a near seamless whole that can still be clearly divided based on the songwriter, and the external influences they bring.

At Mount Zoomer is out on Sub Pop June 17, 2008.

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