As for the show, it was beautiful. If you are not familiar with Wolf Parade, I feel sorry for you. They are from Montreal, Canada, and first got their break opening up for another astounding Montreal band, The Arcade Fire. I can only imagine how special that concert would have been, with two of my favs playing together. As for their music, it's extremely hard to describe, so I won't. Here are a couple songs and videos to quickly acquaint yourself, so you can get a sense of the raw power they possess. The videos don't really do their concerts justice, but they give a small taste of what they are like live.
Ill Believe In Anything.mp3
Kissing The Beehive.mp3
Dear Sons And Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts.mp3
These are some of my favorite songs, and are epic when performed live. As you can tell, Kissing the Beehive is about 11 minutes long. They ended the main set with it, before coming back out for an encore that included my favorite song, I'll Believe In Anything. It's definitely a crowd favorite, and this particular crowd went nuts for it. It was emotional, it was sweaty, it was damn good. They have a great energy about them that draws you in. The group includes five members, with two of them sharing songwriting and lead singing duties. Spencer Krug plays the keyboard with reckless abandon, sweating profusely all over the ivory. He lobs grenades back and forth with guitarist and other lead singer, Dan Boeckner. Most of the time, one will sing lead, with the other sings backup. On Kissing the Beehive, they do an especially great job of complementing one another as they go back and forth.
The entire band as a unit is astounding. Bassist Dante DeCaro is also fun to watch with the ferocity in which he rips the bass, while providing backing vocals as well.
Wolf Parade has two full length albums, Apologies to the Queen Mary, and their recently release, At Mount Zoomer. I command you to buy both of them right now.
By the way, if given the chance, I'm pretty sure that Melissa would leave me for Spencer Krug the keyboardist and founder of the band. We actually saw Spencer and a couple of the other band members getting on their tour bus a couple hours before the show. I think they had been walking around the beach and were returning to prepare for the show. In Mel's awe, she got flustered and blew her chance to meet her crush. Once Spencer got on the bus, she knew she blew it, and at least once a day she kicks herself for not approaching him and saying hi. Oh well, she'll have to settle for continuing her marriage to boring old, non-rockstar Rob. Hopefully she will manage—it'll be tough.
So your homework assignment is to immediately start listening to Wolf Parade, and, next time they come to town I expect to be rocking out along with you right beside me.
