Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Friday, June 27, 2008 15:49
“Although Wolf Parade’s principal members have kept busy with various side projects (Sunset Rubdown, Handsome Furs, Swan Lake), it’s been a few years since the Montreal band’s last output of new material. But the time between now and its 2005 Sub Pop debut, “Apologies to the Queen Mary,” allowed the group to more fully develop its sound. “At Mount Zoomer” expands upon the bits-and-pieces pop approach of its debut into a solid set of rock songs. Highlights include the shift from taut opening guitar lines into a woozy bridge heard on “Soldier’s Grin,” the pounding piano and keyboard-led breakdown of “Language City,” the superb dark rock anthem “California Dreamer” and “Kissing the Beehive,” which finds Wolf Parade pulling out all the stops for a sprawling 11-minute epic. —Jill Menze”
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