BV, your interviewer didnt follow up that "I don't like spencer" comment. was it serious or a joke? Im thinking its a joke but spencer seems like someone who could rub one the wrong way. fill me in please.

yawn. that track sounds like everything i've heard in the last year. How i long for a band that doesn't want to sound like everyone else. What's going on people. tell me. what's going on? Even bands that are "supposedly" innovating like Man-man are basically rip-offs of tom waits. i know it's hard to be purely inovative. Most everyone has to have roots somewhere but geez....this track just depresses me. i guess that's why you PR people release them early on blogs. to test the waters. Well, them waters are mighty murky. spend more money on developing the local scene and less on hype riding self-indulgent brand pleasers. much love, yer average dude...

um, i'm excited, but i'm a bit partial to dan and carey; i don't like spencer though. i saw sunset rubdown open for frog eyes and wolf parade open for modest mouse, but i'm not sure why i don't like him. i just find him irritating.

speaking of modest mouse... anybody else excited/curious about johnny marr joining modest mouse? crazy shit...

this song is blah. sounds like sunset rubdown, but not as good. I guess spencer is the alpha male mentioned. His way or the highway.

"was it serious or a joke?"

I'm pretty sure it was a joke.

"was it serious or a joke?"

haha i'm pretty sure Martin was as serious as he could be!

rock & roll needs more rivalries again!!

and for mr. "modern music sucks", i'm pretty sure Tom Waits has his own influences that people back in the day who are fans of those influences, call him a rip-off...

I actually like this quite a bit. I'm interested to hear the rest of the record. To me it sounds better than Sunset Rubdown AND Think About Life. so how bout that?

come on people. get a brain. this is sunset rubdown recylced all over again, and that album was snoozeville to begin with. what's the obsession with this guy? His voice is pretty crappy and this song writing is boring and bland. FIND SOMETHING ELSE PLEASE!!!

well, only one third of the record is krug, and the other 2/3s are carey mercer and dan bejar, so i'm still pretty excited.

i think wolf parade just needs to put out another record.

The hipper-than-thou attitude seems to be flowing on this blog, so I'll just have to be uncool and say I really like the sound of this track and look forward to the album immensely. Yes it sounds like Sunset Rubdown, but hints of Destroyer's pacing... As for someone here waiting for something innovative and 'new'... I kinda feel these three band members are the ones that brought all that to the scene in the last 5 years, refining it all onto one album sounds good to me.

Spencer is my favorite, he's clearly the most talented of the three. I love both Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown.

But this song is kind of meh.

yes this song is meh. And to the dude that said tom waits "probably had influences" yes. he did. they're called the blues. they're called jazz. they're called beat poetry. but they're not the name of a band. it's one thing to cull style from an era or a movement, but it's another to basically inseminate your musical loins with the jisum of your next door neighbor.

yes this song is meh. And to the dude that said tom waits "probably had influences" yes. he did. they're called the blues. they're called jazz. they're called beat poetry. but they're not the name of a band. it's one thing to cull style from an era or a movement, but it's another to basically inseminate your musical loins with the jisum of your next door neighbor.

im mostly excited to hear dan bejar and carey mercer's work, spencer dosent get me too psyched.

look, I see this song is getting alot of flak, but I think it's really enjoyable, subtle, but it sticks with you after a couple of listens especially when dan pics up the harmony. i love the lyrics on this song, and they obviously reflect krug's style. I'm a huge krug supporter, I think his vocal phrasing has real urgency and life to it compared to so much bullshit post-rock postering you here these days, at least it has energy. this track is intimate, simple, and probably recorded in two takes, but its got a much cooler vibe than a bunch of stuff i'm hearing today

look, I see this song is getting alot of flak, but I think it's really enjoyable, subtle, but it sticks with you after a couple of listens especially when dan pics up the harmony. i love the lyrics on this song, and they obviously reflect krug's style. I'm a huge krug supporter, I think his vocal phrasing has real urgency and life to it compared to so much bullshit post-rock postering you here these days, at least it has energy. this track is intimate, simple, and probably recorded in two takes, but its got a much cooler vibe than a bunch of stuff i'm hearing today

Tom Waits ripped off Beefheart's vocals. Don Whatever or whatever, y'know? And I've heard Beast Moans. It's epic good.

I quite enjoyed this album. The three of them together just seems to work in so many ways. I liked all their previous bands infact. So of course them all together is nothing short of spectacular <: