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Beast Moans

Swan Lake

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The debut collaborative effort between Destroyer's Dan Bejar, Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug, and Frog Eyes' Carey Mercer, Beast Moans might be the best Canadian indie-rock supergroup recording ever — no mean feat when you consider that the New Pornographers and Broken Social Scene fall under that category. Of course, with such super clever people involved, the obvious worry is navel-gazing verbiosity. But nothing like that occurs; clearly, egos were checked at the door. Vaguely '80s keyboard lines collide with squelchy vocals and spoken lines absolutely sunk in reverb, and while the guitars are strummed and beaten with casual desperation, you wouldn't ever call this "guitar rock." It takes the two-minute Spencer-fronted "Nubile Days" over one minute to reach its hook-y apex, the overdubbed New-Wave-in-space vocals slathered on top of a 64-bit keyboard hook. And when it gets there, it's one of those perfect pop moments that cheers you up instantly. Huzzah! With all the sonic murkiness and strange humor ("Are you swimming in her pools") it's tempting to call this a Basement Tapes for the Ableton Live generation.

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My Jam

"Are You Swimming In Her Pools?" is my jam right now! "You said your love was fierce and I agree with you !!!" Also, "All Fires" is excellent. The best part is " 500 pieces means 500 float. 1000 people means 500 don't." Tugs at the heart strings, that one.

Oh my god!

Spencer Krug is a complete and utter genius If you ever see him live you'll know as much as i do Songs on this album are a continuation of this Bluebird is amazing

Some keepers

Glad to see Bejar put out some more music. I did read he is doing an album with his girlfriend and found a song called Hello, Blue Roses. Interesting stuff...I can't wait to see how that turns out. He also is writing another Destroyer album in Spain very soon. This album is pretty good. I like Widow's Walk and All Fires. Some of the other songs are a little too far out there for me. I can't get into them. If you are a Dan Bejar fan, I would choose songs carefully. I enjoy Destroyer alot more than this compilation.

Biography

Formed: March, 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canad

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '00s

An indie rock supergroup with ties to Destroyer, the New Pornographers, Sunset Rubdown, Frog Eyes, and Wolf Parade, Swan Lake formed in 2005 around the shared talents of Dan Bejar, Spencer Krug, and Carey Mercer. The collaboration was a long time in the making, as all three musicians had previously worked together in some capacity. Krug, also of Wolf Parade, had worked on and off with Mercer's Frog Eyes for years, and both musicians were former roommates. Meanwhile, Bejar called upon Frog Eyes to...
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