There are two eyes in my head and four seasons in a year

Random Spirit Lover, Sunset Rubdown's 2007 release was probably my favourite of the year. It's fantastic in just about every way. Now two years later Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade (I promise to stop posting Wolf Parade related material soon, really) has struck again in the form of Dragonslayer.

Much like Random Spirit Lover, Dragonslayer tends to work best as an entire album. While it’s probably a little more accessible than RSL and the tracks on their own are still great to listen to, you don't get the full experience that a Sunset Rubdown album can provide.

I still maintain that if Tim Burton ever directed a Broadway musical Sunset Rubdown could provide the music. This is theatrical, grandiose, dense music that is really just a lot of fun to listen to and I'm not sure if I can say that about any other band that's around right now.

Krug and his Wolf Parade compatriot Dan Boeckner have grabbed 2009 by the balls and have created two very interesting and vastly different albums. It'll be interesting to see how they channel this into the next Wolf Parade album, whenever that may be.

Labels: Dan Boeckner, Dragonslayer, Spencer Krug, Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade, You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)