Wolf Parade – Thin Mind (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:38 minutes | 936 MB | Genre: Rock
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Wolf Parade – Dan Boeckner, Spencer krug, and Arlen Thompson – will release thin mind, the group’s fifth album for Sub Pop, on January 24th, 2020. The 10-track record was recorded by John good man son at risque disque on Vancouver Island, BC, mixed by good man son at bogroll Studios in Seattle, want, and mastered by Noah Mintz at lacquer Channel mastering in Toronto, on. Thin mind has sci-fi, post-apocalyptic and dystopian narratives interwoven throughout. These themes emerged while working at risque disque, which Boeckner jokingly describes as a dutchman’s failed utopia, a problematic structure with a post-apocalyptic vibe: the studio is housed in a Stone barn hand-built by the Dutchman in the middle of the woods, using local materials and based on his memory of a building he loved growing up in the Netherlands. Thin mind finds the core members of Wolf Parade working as a trio, as they did on past albums apologies to the Queen Mary and at Mount zoomer, with songwriting duties evenly split between singers Dan Boeckner and Spencer krug. The album includes the singles “Forest Green,” “Julia, take your man home,” and “against the day,” The latter of which features a rare, co-vocal performance from Boeckner and krug.
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Wolf Parade – Cry Cry Cry (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 47:25 minutes | 622 MB | Genre: Indie Rock
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After seven years away from the recording studio, Wolf Parade have picked up where they left off, sounding confident and full-bodied on their fourth studio effort, 2017’s Cry Cry Cry. As before, Wolf Parade approach indie rock with the sense of drama of a prog rock band, reinforced by the operatic quaver of Spencer Krug’s vocal work and the grand ambitions of the keyboards by Krug and Dante DeCaro. Despite their hiatus, Wolf Parade sound fresh and invigorated on these 11 songs, with the healthy snap of Arlen Thompson’s drumming keeping the proceedings lively even when the group slinks into a languid mood on “Flies on the Sun” or aims for a moody effect on “Lazarus Online.” (DeCaro’s bass work is more subtle in the mix, but no less strong in execution.) While the group references a few of the major events that took place since Wolf Parade last made an album — the death of David Bowie on “Valley Boy” and the passing of Leonard Cohen just as Donald Trump was rising to power in “You’re Dreaming” — most of the time the group seems to be looking inward, albeit with an intelligence and sense of purpose that prevents the material from seeming solipsistic. Dan Boeckner’s guitar is often dwarfed in the mix by the keyboards, but he adds a crunchy texture that lends an added weight and heft to these songs. And the production by John Goodmanson is an ideal match for the material, giving these performances the right amount of gravity without making this music sound swollen or pompous. Feeling strong and fit after their layoff, Wolf Parade don’t sound like a band convinced they have something to prove on Cry Cry Cry — it quickly announces that they’re as capable and creative as ever, and the finished product is as strong as anything they’ve released to date.
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Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:51 minutes | 1001 MB | Genre: Rock
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The indie rock combo Wolf Parade formed in 2003 in Montreal. Their debut album, Apologies to the Queen Mary, was released on Sub Pop Records in September 2005. The album title derived from an incident where the band members were removed from the ocean liner Queen Mary. Time Magazine picked “Apologies…” as one of “Canada’s Most Anticipated Indie Albums Of The Year”.
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