Wolf parade
| Wolf parade | |
|---|---|
 At a concert in Philadelphia in August 2007 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock |
| founding | 2003 |
| Website | Wolf Parade at Sub Pop |
| Founding members | |
| Dan Boeckner | |
Vocals, keyboard
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Spencer pitcher |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, guitar |
Dan Boeckner |
Vocals, keyboard |
Spencer pitcher |
| Arlen Thompson (since 2003) | |
Guitar, percussion
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Dante DeCaro (since 2005) |
| former members | |
Keyboard, sound effects
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Hadji Bakara (until 2010) |
Wolf Parade is a Canadian indie rock band. The band members are originally from Victoria , British Columbia , but are now based in Montréal , Québec .
Band history
founding
Wolf Parade was founded when Spencer Krug (Sunset Rubdown, formerly Destroyer and Frog Eyes) received the offer in March 2003 from a befriended concert promoter to perform as support for the then unknown The Arcade Fire . Together with Dan Boeckner, who had also moved from Victoria to Montréal after the end of his band Atlas Strategic, he wrote songs on a drum computer before they could convince Arlen Thompson to join them. He had already sat on the drums for Arcade Fire on the song Wake Up . The songwriting was strictly shared by Spencer (keyboards) and Dan (guitar), each of them singing their own songs. After a successful live performance, they decided to perform as a trio under the name Wolf Parade. In 2004 the trio was supplemented by Hadji Bakara, who is responsible for the sound effects. In the summer of 2005, Dante DeCaro (formerly Hot Hot Heat ) also joined the group as the second guitarist and percussionist.
Publications
In 2003 Wolf Parade released their debut EP of the same name as a trio . After Hadji Bakara joined the band, they released a self-titled second EP in 2004. The Modest Mouse mastermind Isaac Brock became aware of the band and convinced the American label Sub Pop to sign the band. With Brock behind the mixer, Wolf Parade recorded their third EP in July 2005, the first on a real label. At the end of September 2005 her debut Apologies to the Queen Mary appeared on SubPop, in which Isaac Brock had again taken over a large part of the production. Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug each sing six songs on it, but are getting closer and closer in their songwriting. After Krug and Boeckner had devoted themselves extensively to their solo projects, they returned to the studio with Wolf Parade and in 2008 released the album At Mount Zoomer .
On July 2nd, 2010 the third studio album "EXPO 86" was released.
Side projects
From 2005 the two songwriters Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner founded side projects to bring in unused song material and implement their own musical ideas. Dan Boeckner founded Handsome Furs with his girlfriend and Spencer Krug started Sunset Rubdown initially as a solo project, which soon developed into a band. In 2005 Krug also participated in the instrumental project Fifths of Seven . In 2006, Krug formed the band Swan Lake and also helped out with Frog Eyes .
Influences
The main influences of Wolf Parade are the Montréal band The Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse , whose producer Chris Chandler recorded their debut album with Isaac Brock. Wolf Parade are often compared to the New York band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah . Influences from David Bowie can also be partly heard. Above all, Spencer Krug's songwriting often offers space for weird tones like Modest Mouse's, whereas Dan Boeckner writes rather straightforward rock songs.
Discography
- 2003: Wolf Parade (4 songs, EP, self-published)
- 2004: Wolf Parade (6 songs, EP, self-published)
- 2005: Wolf Parade (Promo, SubPop)
- 2005: Apologies to the Queen Mary (SubPop)
- 2008: At Mount Zoomer (SubPop)
- 2010: Expo 86
- 2017: Cry Cry Cry
- 2020: Thin Mind
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Allmusic : Review of Wolf Parade
- ↑ Allmusic: Review of Apologies to the Queen Mary
- ↑ Rolling Stone : Apologies to the Queen Mary ( Memento of August 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ The Guardian : Wolf Parade, Apologies to the Queen Mary