I haven't listened to my Wolf Parade disc, Apologies to the Queen Mary, in a while. Partially, because I lost the disc not terribly long after I bought it back when it was first released. Luckily, I had the foreskin to upload it into my iTunes (when I was sure I was going to be addicted to my iPod; instead I developed an addiction to alcohol; just kidding... I already had that).
But listening to WP today reminds me of how I listen to them differently than I listen to other bands who were hitting around the same time (the arcade fire, clap your hands say yeah, etc.)
I feel like Wolf Parade is constantly crashing down on me from an overhead cliff. It's like boulders raining down on you and you can't get out of the way. It must have something to do with the big drum sound. The opening track immediately starts sledgehammering you over the head with the snare drum, and it's fucking great. My favorite track is still "I'll Believe Anything." That song also kicks the heaviest of heaviest snares at the beginning. Then it builds to an angry crescendo that always makes me stand up and throw my computer chair through the wall. Apartment deposit be damned.
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