Track Listing

1. You Are A Runner And I Am My Father's Son
2. Modern World
3. Grounds For Divorce
4. We Built Another World
5. Fancy Claps
6. Same Ghost Every Night
7. Shine A Light
8. Dear Sons And Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts
9. I'll Believe In Anything
10. It's A Curse
11. Dinner Bells
12. This Heart's On Fire

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31788 in Music
• Released on: 2005-10-24
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Subtly sublime.
One of the most interesting, deep and rewarding pop records I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. It's got it all: Ambiguous yet playful and unpretentious lyrics, intelligent and considered progressive song structures without being contrived and melodies that creep up and wrap themselves around you over time.

It just seems to grow and grow.

Absolutely perfect from where I'm sitting.

Disappointing
I was sent this as a gift after I expressed my love for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. I initially wasn't keen because it sounded too much like those pretentious 'arty' saps, Arcade Fire, and try as I might, after listening to it repeatedly, I cannot get into it. First, the vocals make me want to cringe - for the most part they are screeching, warbling and cringeworthy. If you dig Arcade Fire, you may go for it. Otherwise, get out the ear plugs. The music just sounds too random and unfocussed. It seems to be indie for indie's sake - hey, if we sound random, it's because we're genuine, original and not for the masses and therefore credible. Er, no. Moreover, I found very little harmony between music and vocals. Clap Your Hands' self-titled album leaves this in the mud. There is no comparison. Two stars for effort.

master piece
I first stumbled across the sublime wolf parade well over a year ago, just as their first e.p was becoming available. I instantly fell in love. I fell in love with their chaotic structure, the unique voices of (more) Krug and Boeckner. the simple, yet sheer genious lyrics that they provide us with 'when i die / im making you my feet / when you die / you can stand up for me' (fancy claps), 'I'll draw three figures on your heart /And one of them will be me as a boy' (You are a runner, I am my fathers son), with catchy riffs, spliced with interesting outside effects.

to add even more to this great album, is its producer, the equally talented Isaac Brock, of fame with the mighty Modest Mouse. Therefore, an inevitble link with the two bands is created with this album, 'apologies to the queen mary.'

i am a huge wolf parade fan, so obioulsy my views are slightly (slightly) biased, but even i will admit to prefering Krug's work in the band to Boeckner's...so inevitably, i'm also going to refer you to sunset rubdown, a side project of Krugs, another fantastic acjievement from the man who has given music so much