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I saw Wolf Parade play back in June at Pianos. At that time, the hype machine was just getting geared up, and their justifiably praised Apologies to the Queen Mary had yet to be released. They were missing Hadji on the sampler/therimin/keys and were admittedly drunk, but still showed immense promise. Last night, they were yet again admittedly drunk, but had their full band plus and unnamed ‘5th member’ who played an odd stand up percussion kit which included a drum, tambourine and a couple of wind chimes.
Rogue Wave’s new album, Descended Like Vultures, comes out today. I think its really great, and I can’t wait to get off work to pick it up. I saw Rogue Wave once while they were touring to support their first album, Out Of The Shadow, and I wasn’t really all that impressed. They had a Shins sort of feel but I didn’t think the songwriting wasn’t really up to par. In hindsight I think that they just hadn’t gelled yet as a band, and this new album delivers on the promise that I didn’t recognize. You can also listen to 2 non-album tracks, “Eyes” and “Everyday” on their under-the-radar myspace page.