EXPO 86

Expo 86 is easily the strongest release so far from this very talented band. I loved the first 2 but this one blows them both out of the water. Solid from beginning to end. Combines the pop sensibilities from their first record with the complexity of the second. Easily the best album of 2010 so far. Standout tracks: Palm Road Little Golden Age Two Men in Tuxedos Yulia Cave-o-sapien Just try to listen to this album without dancing in your seat a little.

I was a little reserved after the first two tracks but got hung up on the the 3rd for about 45 min on first listen! Backing it up and turning it UP!! The album for me really kicks off there and never stops. Ive been singing this ones praises to anyone who will listen. its one of those rare albums that you want everyone you know to hear!

Wolf Parade will likely never replicate "Apologies to the Queen Mary", but as long as they continue releasing solid output like this, I think fans will be satisfied. "Expo 86" might be the most underrated entry in the band's catalog too. Consistently engaging, and "Ghost Pressure" should have been a much bigger single.

I could listen to this album over and over - and I have. I'm only sad that Wolf Parade broke up before I got the chance to see them.

What did my Lover Say? when she was driving with you. i could not see her face from my new Bed. good disc.

Was stoked to see a new Wolf Parade CD out but sorely disappointed when I heard it. The first two albums are excellent, buy those!

If you like the earlier records by Wolf Parade or anything else by Spencer Krug and his gangs, you'll love this.

I like this album; it's not as good as Queen Mary, but it's also a lot different, so perhaps I shouldn't compare the two.

This pressing of this album is absolutely formidable. Sometimes you can't believe you're not listening to a digital version it's so clean sounding. Amazing.

Wolf Parade have long been the commercial, unit-shifting division of Spencer Krug's Canadian conglomerate. Less challenging than the commendable Frog Eyes and Swan Lake projects, and less boisterously epic than his flagship weird Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade have chugged along in murky indie-rock waters on two previous outings pleasing many, but not all, on their way. The inventive debut Apologies To The Queen Mary was gloriously hit and sadly miss, and its successor At Mount Zoomer downright disappointing in comparison. Wolf Parade may be the most attainable of Krug's arsenal, but overall, to these ears, also the least likeable - until now that is. Less than the sum of their parts on at least one of the two previous attempts, Expo 86 seems to have struck a winning balance. It's interesting and sufficiently challenging, poppy but varied. It's epic too, as the drum battery, galloping tempos and shifting refrains of the opening tour de force "Cloud Shadow On The Mountain" so definitely confirm. And you could rarely say that about Apologies. Consequently, the album's 55 minutes fly by keeping the listener largely enthralled. The relationship Krug has with fellow singer and songwriter Dan Boeckner, a man not short of bands himself, finally sounds entirely complementary. Whilst the pair arguably fail to produce true fireworks on Expo 86, it nevertheless has an exciting backbone. Krug's theatrical howl sounds refreshed set against the enviably tight and patient new-wave indie-rock spikes of "What Did My Lover Say?", as well as on its intelligent sister "Ghost Pressure". Thrusts of synths set the latter apart, and whilst whiffing a touch of The Bravery they are blended into the mix much less derivatively, even though the resultant subdued delays of "Oh You, Old Thing" have a touch of the Gary Numans to them. The beefy "Pobody's Nerfect", which is as close to much-likened Modest Mouse as Wolf Parade come on this occasion, is surprisingly sing-along in between its classic rock riffs, and "Yulia" doubles that feeling, coming on like Springsteen - all throat-growled blue-collar stuff with militaristic progressions and a discernible hands-in-the-air quality. Ultimately, Expo 86 finally does Wolf Parade more than justice, at last making at least this penny drop.

I've loved both their previous albums for years, so when I heard a few months ago that a new Wolf Parade album was not far off, I got very excited. I ordered it as soon as possible after the release date, and for the first week of getting it, listened to it non-stop. I absolutely love it. I might even dare to say I think it's their finest yet. If you liked Apologies and At Mount Zoomer, you'll want to give this one a listen. Fantastic lyrics, melodies, and songs. As always.

Merci

More upbeat than some of their past outings - Apologies to Queen Mary. Stand out tracks include Palm Road, Ghost Pressure, and Pobody's Nerfect. At first listen, I thought it was too loud (largely because I was listening to it at work). Have listened to it many times since and it is well worth the purchase.