Song of the Day: "I'll Believe in Anything" -- Wolf Parade

Sometimes you stumble on bands in the weirdest ways. Wolf Parade is a Montreal based indie rock band that I found while wikipedia surfing, until I happened upon a page titled "list of indie rock bands", scrolled down to the Ws, clicked randomly on "Wolf Parade", saw that Pitchfork gave their debut album "Apologies to the Queen Mary" a 9.2/10, which is an obscenely high score for a band not named "Radiohead", so I decided they were worth checking out. It's a pretty swell album; this song in particular has grown on me a lot. The vocals are split between two of the band members, alternating on tracks and sometimes shouting the lyrics together, which makes the album's consistency and cohesiveness all the more impressive. There's a lot to get into on this album; I'm not going to start, but I give my word that you won't be wasting your time with these guys.

"I'll Believe in Anything" is the standout track of the album; the opening video game snyth riffs are brilliant, the thundering drums that come crashing in propel the song into the stratosphere instantly and the slowly building guitar licks just seem exactly "right".

Other worthwhile tracks include "Grounds for Divorce", "Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts", and "This Heart's on Fire". It's entirely possible I'm way behind the times; this album came out in 2005 and their follow up, "Mount Zoomer", has already been released and decreed "good but not as good" as "Apologies". So if you already know everything there is to know about Wolf Parade, excuse me. If you don't, start learning right now.

and nobody gives a damn either way