Sloan

Based on the Best Seller, the new album from power pop auteurs Sloan, is a star-studded showcase of songwriting from the quartet of Andrew Scott, Chris Murphy, Patrick Pentland and Jay Ferguson. From hooks of "Live Forever" and "No Damn Fears" that cut like a director's final edit, to the hooky harmonies of "Dream Destroyer" and "Capitol Cooler" that deserve top billing, this alt-rock blockbuster proves once again: Sloan never skips the reel magic.

The boiled down brother to their 30 song magnum opus Never Hear the End of It, Parallel Play is the latest from power pop royalty Sloan. Less a conscious answer to NHTEOI's unabridged creative approach, Parallel Play is a continuation of the musical concepts put forth on their last album and a further exploration of the band's four-songwriter dynamic. A term taken from the science of developmental psychology, Parallel Play is a behavior seen in young children in which they enjoy independent activities in the company of other children, something the four boys in Sloan know a lot about. As per their unique musical modus operandi, the members of Sloan wrote songs independently and then joined forces in the studio to produce yet another album of timeless, guitar-driven pop. For Sloan, Parallel Play proves once again that four times the songwriters equals four times the rock.

Klassisk hederlig powerpop av det snitt som var det hetaste way back. Men det gör inget att genren kanske inte är det hetaste - Sloan's tolfte album sitter som en popsmäck!

Bandet firar tjugo år i powerpopens tjänst med sitt tionde album - hipp hipp hurra! De har åtskilliga gånger kallats det bästa britiska powerpopbandet trots att de kommer från Canada! På Double Cross visar de fyra herrarna var powerpopskåpet ska stå, och under 12 förträffliga poplåtar blir man återigen golvan av Sloan's låtskrivarförmåga! 20 år har gått - Here's to 20 more!

Thirty years into their career, Canadian indie rock perennials Sloan return with their 13th album: Steady. Featuring the band's trademark harmonies and every band member taking lead vocal duties on at least a couple tracks, there's no better musical commonwealth than this quartet. You'll hear the power pop rockers like "Magical Thinking" and "Keep Your Name Alive" to the moving, stripped-back introspective numbers like "Simply Leaving" and "Human Nature", and the psychedelic trips of "Panic of Runnymede" and "Close Encounters." It's hard to think of another band that has stayed as consistent for three decades musically and still has all the same band members for their entire career. Thirteen albums later, slow and steady wins the race.

One of the most successful Canadian bands of the last fifteen years, Sloan has now finished its eighth studio album, Never Hear the End of It -- the first on new US label Yep Roc Records. Yet another Sloan serving of august and finely crafted rock, Never Hear the End of It is also thirty tracks long. You heard me. Thirty. From pop masterpieces like "Who Taught You to Live Like That" (which clocked the highest number of first week downloads in iTunes history upon its Canadian release), to the unforgettable "Listen to the Radio," this album could, for any other band, be close to three perfect records. Throughout their critically lauded career (including a recent tour with The Rolling Stones), Sloan has managed to share songwriting duties between all members and never have a single change in line-up. Records like Never Hear the End of It are the reason Sloan have remained valid for so long.

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