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Apologies to the Queen Mary
Wolf Parade
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 2005-09-27
Manufacturer: Subpop
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...

Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
On first listen, Wolf Parade is just another Canadian buzz band that plays fun, keyboard-heavy, new wave-y indie-rock and sings in weird, affected, high-pitched tones. Upon further listening, the songs reveal a lot of strange and fuzzy little details, and the lyrics have more depth than most bands do on their debuts. The Montreal-based group was brought to the Seattle-based Sub Pop label's attention by none other than Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock, modern rock radio's king of affected vocalizings. Brock even recorded much of the album in Portland, OR. The vocalist has more than a passing affinity for David Bowie, and if you love the Arcade Fire and Frog Eyes, you probably are already a fan. Apologies is a very fun debut; the studied strangeness of the singing grates less over time, and it'll be really interesting to see what they come up with next. -Mike McGonigal

2) Album Description
This Montreal band has toured with the likes of Modest Mouse and The Arcade Fire, they played last year's All Tomorrow's Parties festival in California, self-released two limited edition EPs, and have a song (a cover of Frog Eyes' "Claxxon's Lament") on The Believer magazine's recent covers comp. Time magazine picked "Apologies..." as one of "Canada's Most Anticipated Indie Albums Of The Year". Expect to see and hear much more from Wolf Parade.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Enjoyable, quirky indie rock   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
This is a pretty solid album and "Shine a Light" & "We Built Another World" & "Fancy Claps" are really great songs. There are two alternating lead singers which are both good. They are talented musicians and seem to have a lot of interesting ideas musically, & have a likeable quirkiness to them. I actually came to amazon looking for a follow up disc from Wolf Parade, hopefully there will be one soon!

2) Bandwagon jumping never sounded so good   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Besides a few interesting surprises, these guys are a tried n' true Modest Mouse/Arcade Fire clone. I'm not sure yet if that's a good or bad thing. I guess it depends on my alcohol consumption. Some tunes are more herky-jerky and indie-dance-punky than others, but check out "Grounds for Divorce." All it needs is a quirky stop-motion video, and these guys will be huge.

3) Good Tunes   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I like this album. My only thing is that the songs that are hits on this album are the best songs, and there's only 3 or 4 of those. They rocked, but the whole album isn't solid. I would still buy this cd over and over though.

4) Had a hard time processing it... Can't get past Krug's singing   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
I loved most of the music delivered by this Canadian band, but every time Spencer Krug starts to sing, I find it to be a real turn-off: with all due respect, it sounds more like moaning than singing.I have given it a shot many times, and every single time I end up skipping the tracks where he sings. So, accounting for the music, I am giving the album 3 stars, but Krug's singing looses them a full two stars.

5) Apologies to no one   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I love this album. If you dont own it, there may be something wrong with you. The only track that is not perfect is You'll believe in anything, and the only reason it isnt perfect is because the Sunset Rubdown version is so much better. I like Spencer Krug, and I think that for my taste, this is his most focused and overal pleasing work. One more thing, for you old farts like me that were around when Dino Jr. broke up and Lou Barlow formed Sebadoh... I almost get the same feelings listening to Wolf Parade as I did Sebadoh. Not that they sound anything alike, but the creativity, and uniqueness of both are just so so inspiring and awesome to hear.