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From days of old I have yearned for bands to continue to make the
kind of raucous, cacophonous noisy rock music that I so cherished
in the early releases by The Flaming Lips. There has been almost
nothing so disparaging in my lifetime as the turning of Wayne Coyne
from the beautiful path of guitar rock to the dark side of Radiohead-inspired
pop… but I digress. The new release from We Are Wolves
is brimming with the kind of tasty noisiness that those early Lips'
records barely seemed able to contain. Herein is found the same wild
abandon and guitar tones that are so bad that they are exercises in
perfection. The music of We Are Wolves by no means evokes the songs
of that early post-post-rock movement that turned back to so much
of the 70's... instead, they seem to embrace the same general philosophy
as bands like Franz Ferdinand and The Bravery. But they
do so much, much better. There are hints of disco, but when a band
buries disco underneath raunchily distorted analog synthesizers and
even more raunchily distorted guitars, it becomes palatable…
almost enjoyable. These songs hearken back to the heyday of 80's synth-pop,
but do so in a gritty and energetic fashion, updating the sound for
the new edgier millennium. Just dig the needley groove of "Vosotros
Monstruos" if you really require proof of the ability and sophistication
of this band.
In addition to making fun and danceable music, the band also throws
in a healthy dose of French words, owing to the fact that the band
hails from Montreal, Quebec… the heart of Frenchy Canada. And
not since the glorious days of "Ca Plane Pour Moi" has the
French language been so likeable and filled with energy. Thanks, We
Are Wolves, for reminding us punk rock kids that French can sometimes
be okay.
-L. Keane
Track Listing:
1. Little Birds
2. L.L. Romeo
3. La Nature
4. Snare Me
5. Namai - Taila - Cambodge (Go - Tabla - Go)
6. Non Stop
7. Moi, Rythme Magique
8. Vosotros, Monstruos
9. T.r.o.u.b.l.e.
10. We Are All Winners
11. Glaze, Blaze (Glazed The Blazed)
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