tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823613007479084305.post4069377409996186058..comments2013-07-06T11:53:04.781-07:00Comments on The Culture Gulag: The Wolf Parade PostDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823613007479084305.post-59682252843611807092010-07-27T09:46:18.685-07:002010-07-27T09:46:18.685-07:00Evan. You've blown my mind. Andrea was just ...Evan. You've blown my mind. Andrea was just showing me pictures of Ric Ocasek and suggesting that Dan could be his long lost son. Now you're comparing their musical styles? I'm a bit freaked out.<br /><br />Hadji is the keyboardist. Honestly, I never pieced it together that he was the missing link until the live show, where it became painfully obvious that something was missing from the old songs.<br /><br />I know that Pitchfork talks about the songs being more cohesive and together. This is crazy talk. I actually think the Dan songs are the same as they ever were. I think Spencer has drifted into a space somewhere between Sunset Rubdown and Wolf Parade. You would think this would be a good thing but I'm not sure that it is.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823613007479084305.post-19181769421477250572010-07-27T07:58:18.199-07:002010-07-27T07:58:18.199-07:00OK, so let's talk this out. Dave, when you and...OK, so let's talk this out. Dave, when you and A told me what you thought about the album, you said that the distance between "Spencer songs" and "Dan songs" was getting wider. Pitchfork's review says the opposite. So which is it?<br /><br />I'm kind of in your camp: I think that as songwriters they're miles apart, mainly because Dan's trying harder than ever to be a new wave Springsteen. But the arrangements and the production on the album even out a lot of the deeper, architectural difference between their songs: every song's got about the same range of dynamics in it. Which is disappointing.<br /><br />Also, I can't remember that guy's name, but the synth guy: he's so badly missed on the new record. Without him all the new wavey bits stand out too much. He managed to surround them with squall and noise, which submerged them a little bit. But now, on a Dan song, I could swear I'm listening to Ric Ocasek, or the Knack.evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469842505210006592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823613007479084305.post-78116659817966792192010-07-26T11:31:16.077-07:002010-07-26T11:31:16.077-07:00Oh man. I don't know about that one.
- Spence...Oh man. I don't know about that one.<br />- Spencer is definitely a bit chunky. His hair doesn't help things. And he made a skateboarding reference that your Mom or Dad could recognize as being out of touch.<br />- Wolf Parade is a man down. It sounds like it when they play the older music<br /><br />I may have changed my mind about the cruise.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com