{"title":"Wolf Parade","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWolf Parade is an indie rock band formed in 2003 in Montreal, Quebec. The band consists of musicians from British Columbia and gained popularity with their unique sound and energetic performances. After going on indefinite hiatus in 2011, *Wolf Parade* announced their return to recording and performing in January 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir music has been compared to other indie rock bands such as Sunset Rubdown, Menomena, Swan Lake, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Handsome Furs, Tapes 'n Tapes, Islands, The Walkmen, The Unicorns, The New Pornographers, Destroyer, Ugly Casanova, The Dodos, TV On The Radio,Broken Social Scene,Born Ruffians ,Man Man ,The Wrens ,The Thermals,and Okkervil River.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a devoted fan base and a reputation for delivering captivating live shows,*Wolf Parade* continues to push the boundaries of indie rock music while staying true to their unique style.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"apologies-to-the-queen-mary","title":"Apologies to the Queen Mary","description":"\u003cp\u003eSub Pop release Wolf Parade's 'Apologies to the Queen Mary': Deluxe Edition, a reissue of the group's acclaimed first album. The reissue features the original album, now as a much-better-sounding 2Xlp, along with the band's pre-Sub Pop, self-titled EPs (released in 2003 and 2004), both of which are making their vinyl debut. The package also includes the previously unreleased track 'Snakes on the Ladder' from the Apologies sessions. The album was remastered for this release by the band's longtime associate Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering. Wolf Parade was founded in 2003 in Montreal, Quebec. After the aforementioned self-titled EPs, the group released 'Apologies to the Queen Mary' to much acclaim in September, 2005, on Sub Pop. The album was recorded by Modest Mouse front-man Isaac Brock and engineer Chris Chandler at Audible Alchemy in Portland, Oregon. The album was an entirely collaborative effort, barreling headfirst and breathlessly through songs written during Wolf Parade's early years together as a band. Pitchfork gave Apologies to the Queen Mary a 9.2 rating, saying, \"Wolf Parade's true talent is transforming the everyday into the unprecedented.\" And The Guardian raved, \"Magnificent, all told.\" The album has sold over 100,000 in the U.S. alone.3LP - Black Triple Vinyl Set with Download.LP+ - Limited Coloured Vinyl Triple Set with Download.Tape - with No Bonus Tracks and No Download.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you want a free exclusive Sub Pop 12\" sampler, then remember to add it to your basket with your Label of the Month purchase - if you don’t do this, then you won’t receive one! While stocks last...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/production.roughtrade.com\/music\/sub-pop-sampler\"\u003ehttp:\/\/production.roughtrade.com\/music\/sub-pop-sampler\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"LP | x3","offer_id":50396755001675,"sku":"399769","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Tape","offer_id":50396756967755,"sku":"399772","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50396757852491,"sku":"399770","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/7c1bf445-5360-4782-903a-1aa9de51ab75_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726485057"},{"product_id":"thin-mind","title":"Thin Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003eWolf Parade - Dan Boeckner, Spencer Krug, and Arlen Thompson - release\u003ci\u003e Thin Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, the group’s fifth album for Sub Pop. The 10-track record was recorded by John Goodmanson at Risque Disque on Vancouver Island, BC, mixed by Goodmanson at Bogroll Studios in Seattle, WA, and mastered by Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel Mastering in Toronto, ON.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThin Mind\u003c\/i\u003e has sci-fi, post-apocalyptic and dystopian narratives interwoven throughout. These themes emerged while working at Risque Disque, which Boeckner jokingly describes as a Dutchman’s failed utopia, a problematic structure with a post-apocalyptic vibe: the studio is housed in a stone barn hand-built by the Dutchman in the middle of the woods, using local materials and based on his memory of a building he loved growing up in the Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThin Mind\u003c\/i\u003e finds the core members of Wolf Parade working as a trio, as they did on past albums \u003ci\u003eApologies to the Queen Mary\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAt Mount Zoomer,\u003c\/i\u003e with songwriting duties evenly split between singers Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug. The album includes the singles \u003ci\u003eForest Green, Julia, Take Your Man Home\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Day,\u003c\/i\u003e the latter of which features a rare, co-vocal performance from Boeckner and Krug.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"Yellow | LP","offer_id":50448055238987,"sku":"1080937","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50448055664971,"sku":"1080936","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50448055402827,"sku":"1080934","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/188ddfa5-3d9d-4d88-906b-db4733246a4b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727085743"},{"product_id":"at-mount-zoomer","title":"At Mount Zoomer","description":"\u003cp\u003esecond album time from wolf parade and it's an even more grandiose, majestic, complex and charming release. you can hear everything from classic bowie to xtc to television to 70's prog. sit down and listen to the album whole like it was intended and you won't fail to feel fulfilled. recorded and engineered by drummer arlen thompson, 'at mount zoomer' was recorded as ong improvisational sessions in the montreal church owned by the arcade fire. these tracks were then cut and pasted into discrete compositions. the result is a complex matrix of components and modules that, thanks to the collective efforts of each band member, never feels laboured or fussy. from the nimble opening strains of 'soldier's grin' to the eleven-minute aggro dirge of 'kissing the beehive,' they hand authority of the songs around among them with a refreshing absence of ownership. where first album 'apologies to the queen mary' could be read as a good-natured, sweaty volleyball match between boeckner and singer \/ keyboardist spencer krug, the new album shows the band as a fully coordinated moving front. this collaboration isn't just a work ethic...the band's many offshoots, side projects, and domestic ventures have taken each of them far from their home base in montreal for extended periods, compressing their time as a functioning unit. the legion of bearded, sweater-vested critics will want to file this album under 'prog rock' because it doesn't offer up sugary cast-offs for the short-attention-span set, but no one ever danced to the lamb lies down on broadway. the vinyl comes with a coupon for free mp3s of the entire album.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50448198500683,"sku":"300345","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/772915f2-40d2-459b-a598-1a0f46164d88_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727087564"},{"product_id":"cry-cry-cry-1","title":"Cry Cry Cry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe band itself is almost a fifth member of the band, something more or at least different than the sum of its parts,” says Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug. “We don't know who or what is responsible for our sound, it's just something that naturally and consistently comes from this particular combo of musicians.” That sound—complex yet relatable, an energetic brew of glam, prog, synth-rock, and satisfying discomfort—helped define 2000s indie rock with three critically celebrated albums, and propelled a growing Wolf Parade fandom even after the band went on hiatus in 2010. A cautious reunion in 2014 led to the release of EP 4 last year and a handful of headlining shows that drew thousands. And now Wolf Parade is back with \u003ci\u003eCry Cry Cry\u003c\/i\u003e, their first full-length album in seven years, and a world tour along with it. The band’s first album produced by Pacific Northwest legend John Goodmanson (Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, Unwound) at Robert Lang Studios outside of Seattle, \u003ci\u003eCry Cry Cry\u003c\/i\u003e is undeniably Wolf Parade—but with the renewed focus and creativity of a band that took the time to get exactly where we needed to be. The album takes the best parts of what makes Wolf Parade so uniquely electric—the soaring choruses, rousing anthems, sprawling guitars, and chaotic keys—and finds a way to allow the best compositionally prog elements a firm seat at the table. It’s also a homecoming to Sub Pop, which released all three of the band’s previous albums. In their time apart, the band scattered geographically and focused on family and other work – Spencer on his solo project Moonface, Dan Boeckner on his bands Handsome Furs, Operators, and Divine Fits (with Spoon’s Britt Daniel), Dante De Caro on records with Carey Mercer’s Frog Eyes and Blackout Beach, and Arlen Thompson on being a dad and working a “normal” job. This break allowed for an even stronger, tighter Wolf Parade to emerge, if not exactly pick up where they left off. “All of our albums are always a reaction to our last one,” says Arlen. “Expo 86 (2010) was about as sparse as we get, and this time we wanted to make the palette a little larger.” \u003ci\u003eCry Cry Cry\u003c\/i\u003e is deliberate in its arrangements and embrace of the studio process. The result is songs like \u003ci\u003eValley Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, a Bowie-inflected anthem for which Spencer wrote lyrics after Leonard Cohen died the day before the 2016 election. \u003ci\u003eYou’re Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e, also influenced by the election and the spinning shock that followed, is driving, urgent power pop that draws from artists like Tom Petty and what Dan calls one of his “default languages” for writing music. The swirly, synth-heavy crescendo of \u003ci\u003eArtificial Life\u003c\/i\u003e takes on the struggle of artists and at-risk communities. The album carries a sense of uprising that is not unrelated to Wolf Parade’s renewed determination to drive the band forward in uncertain times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2LP - Black Vinyl housed in Gatefold jacket with custom dust sleeves and etching on side 4 and includes Download.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2LP+ - Limited White Vinyl housed in Gatefold jacket with custom dust sleeves and etching on side 4 and includes Download.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"LP.","offer_id":50448276095307,"sku":"1014558","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50448275702091,"sku":"1014557","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50448276586827,"sku":"1014555","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5bde7ed9-42c2-4dca-82fe-c012e1615712_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727089013"},{"product_id":"expo-86","title":"Expo 86","description":"\u003cp\u003ewolf parade are back. late last year, the members of the montreal band took a break from their various other bands (sunset rubdown, handsome furs, swan lake, moonface) and reconvened to work on their third album, which is titled 'expo 86'. the album was recorded and mixed at hotel2tango, with howard bilerman, in late february and early march of 2010. 'expo 86' is a much tighter and more collaborative record than 'at mount zoomer'. boeckner and krug have successfully combined both of their musical styles on each song rather than continuing zoomer's problem of a song-by-song trade-off. 'expo 86' successfully combines boeckner's penchant for fuzzy dance beats and krug's love for dream-like, indecipherable lyrics and baroque song construction. the album is filled with highlights, but the songs that stick out are album-opener 'cloud shadow on the mountain', lead-single 'what did my lover say? (it always had to go this way)', and four-on-the-floor rocker 'yulia'. on sub pop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50448500228427,"sku":"327644","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/fbd60522-d2b3-469f-b690-2a6933c1545c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727092530"},{"product_id":"apologies-to-the-queen-mary-1","title":"Apologies To The Queen Mary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSub Pop and Wolf Parade present a new, pink-vinyl pressing of their landmark album \u003cem\u003eApologies to the Queen Mary.\u003c\/em\u003e This edition brings the long out-of-print album back to its original, single-LP format hot on the heels of the 2025 TV show Heated Rivalry, which introduced the album’s single “I’ll Believe in Anything” to a vast new audience, making the song a bona fide viral hit. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWolf Parade was founded in 2003 in Montreal, Quebec. After a pair of self-titled EPs, the band - Hadji Bakara (electronic manipulations), Dan Boeckner (guitar, vocals), Spencer Krug (keyboards, vocals), Arlen Thompson (drums) - released Apologies to the Queen Mary to widespread acclaim in September, 2005. The album was recorded by Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock and engineer Chris Chandler at Audible Alchemy in Portland, Oregon. Apologies to the Queen Mary barrels headfirst and breathlessly through songs written during Wolf Parade’s early years together as a band. The album’s catchy, energetic urgency immediately established them as one of the defining forces of 2000s indie-rock. It earned a 2006 nomination for Canada’s esteemed Polaris Music Prize; The Guardian raved, “magnificent, all told”; Pitchfork gave it a 9.2 rating, saying, “Wolf Parade's true talent is transforming the everyday into the unprecedented,” and later joined the chorus of critics who placed it among the best albums of the 2000s. Two decades on, \u003cem\u003eApologies to the Queen Mary\u003c\/em\u003e has lost none of its vitality and continues to win over new generations of fans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"LP - Pink","offer_id":56297162703179,"sku":"R9775-5048","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/WolfParade_ApologiesToTheQueenMary_1500px.jpg?v=1768315748"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_e6da1661_thumbnail_4096_df5b84a8-6adb-42d2-bef7-1b5acc8b2bfd.jpg?v=1726485014","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/wolf-parade.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}