CRY CRY CRYing crying over you...
As a longtime Wolf Parade admirer, I was eagerly awaiting their latest release, entitled CRY CRY CRY , when I heard them play a few songs off the album this past summer at Shaky Knees music festival in Atlanta. To show my devotion, not only did I catch their set at the festival, but also saw them perform a late-night show the same day. The new songs were very well polished and would later have a lot in common with the string of other songs on the album. The morning they released EP 4 , I had just arrived to work at 6AM and like most early mornings, pulled out my phone and earphones to listen as I performed daily tasks, opened Spotify and found myself shocked as to my dismay that after searching for Wolf Parade to hear old tunes, there was new material lying there before me. Six long years since Expo 86 was released and the band went on a temporary hiatus, they reunited and produced fresh and unique new material. Before going into the EP and the full-length more, I will talk a little b...