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September 16, 2004
Five Whole Minutes
Wolf Parade - It's A Curse
This is, in my opinion, the strongest song on the second Wolf Parade EP, which may or may not be titled Totalosity. Anyway, Dan's vocals on this song sound vicious, like triple-tracked asylum inmates who haven't been fed in four days. Just absolutely desperate. The guitar gets things started with a shotgun riff in the beginning, bandaged by some laptop gauze via Hadji. Spencer's synths come rolling in thick and gooey. Then everything goes freakatronic pop-fest at the end, synths just trilling out of control, Arlen's drums hammering the shit out of everything, and Dan ranting on top of it. Make no bones about it, these guys will release one of the most stellar records of 2005. You know, when they get around to recording it. For now, you'll have to tide yourself over with the two EPs, which you can order from the incredibly nice people at Cheap Thrills. Hopefully within the next week I'll have that contest going to win a copy of the first EP.
Posted by matt at September 16, 2004 08:00 AM