Wolf Parade

Wolf Parade released "At Mount Zoomer" on Sub Pop on June 17th 2008. Found a review on Rolling Stone where they gave the band 3.5 out of 5 stars. "Fine Young Cannibals" is a catchy song. The music is described in the wikipedia bio below and the rolling stone review as "Prog Rock". How do feel about marching? Definitly a good album to march too. If you plan to be out and about doing some marching I strongly suggest you down load a few songs.



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Wikiepdia

Wolf Parade is an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec.

Overview

Wolf Parade began when former Frog Eyes member Spencer Krug was offered a gig by Grenadine Records' Alex Megelas. With only a 3-week deadline to form a band, Krug contacted a fellow Canadian guitarist Dan Boeckner (formerly of British Columbia band Atlas Strategic) and began writing songs in Krug's apartment.[1] Initially using a drum machine for their rhythm section played through computer speakers, Krug later invited Arlen Thompson to the lineup as the drummer;[2] however, the newly formed trio rehearsed as a full band only the day before their first show.[2] During the tour, Wolf Parade recorded and released their self-titled debut EP (referred to as the 4 Song EP) in 2003.
In 2004, Hadji Bakara joined Wolf Parade, contributing his synthesizer and sound manipulation skills to the lineup.[1] Within the year, the band released its second independent, self-titled EP, commonly referred to as the 6 Song EP.
Dante DeCaro (formerly of Hot Hot Heat) joined in 2005 as a second guitarist and percussionist.[1] Wolf Parade was signed to Sub Pop Records by Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse. On its new record label, the band released its first widely-distributed EP, Wolf Parade, in July 2005.
In September 2005, the band's debut album Apologies to the Queen Mary was released on Sub Pop Records to critical acclaim, earning a 2006 Polaris Music Prize nomination. [3]


2008: At Mount Zoomer
In a March 12, 2007 Pitchfork interview, Dan Boeckner said of the next Wolf Parade album, "If everything goes according to plan... I'd like to be finished with this record by May."[4] In August 2007, the band began playing songs from the upcoming album, speculatively named Pardon My Blues. In advance of the album's release, setlists contained song names such as "Crazy Horse", "Fine Young Cannibals", "Language City", "Chinese Way", "Soldiers", "Stevie", and "Billy J".[5] In a Blender interview, Boeckner stated, "There's a more Marxist collective-style collaboration on Pardon My Blues...the weeks of isolation have made Wolf Parade like a man who lives in a cabin in the woods penning letters to God with dirt and tree sap..."Crazy Horse" is like a 12 minute song that sounds vaguely like Slayer."[6]
In March 2008, the band released a statement to an unofficial fan site: "The record is done and will be officially released in June. It will have 9 songs, some short and some long. Everyone in the band is really happy with it and they will start touring in July."[7]
On March 31, 2008, Pitchfork revealed that the album's title was originally going to be Kissing The Beehive, and that it would be released in North America on June 17, 2008.[8] On April 11, 2008, Billboard magazine reported that the title may be a possible copyright infringement, as it is already the title of a book by author Jonathon Carroll. The following track listing was provided:
"Soldier's Grin"
"Call It a Ritual"
"Language City"
"Bang Your Drum"
"California Dreamer"
"The Grey Estates"
"Fine Young Cannibals"
"An Animal in Your Care"
"Kissing the Beehive"[9]

On April 9, 2008, the album was described on the Sub Pop website: "The legion of bearded, sweater-vested critics will want to file this album under 'Prog Rock' because it doesn’t offer up sugary cast-offs for the short-attention-span set, but no one ever danced to The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. It might instead be this generation's Marquee Moon, or an indie rock Chinese Democracy released forty years early and sixty million dollars under budget (and without cornrows, to boot). Better, though, to think of it as the sound of a band edging forward into a wispy darkness, one hand reaching out, the other firmly clutching the past."[10][dead link]
On April 28, 2008, Pitchfork reported that the album's title had been changed to At Mount Zoomer, a reference to Arlen Thompson's recording studio.


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