Face Control

the juxtaposition of cold, metronomic, electronic beats, courtesy of alexei perry, with the jagged, dissonant and frail, broken or breaking, guitars of dan boeckner (wolf parade) portray what it is to be a human being at the bottom of the 21st century. it underlines the confusion you feel as your best friends are conveyed to you via a series of ones and zeros passing through lines and cables and microwaves; the same confusion felt witnessing the pure, wholesome thrill of a band of musicians pouring their hearts out on stage, through someone's cell phone as pixelated streaming video; the profound and bitter frustration of your long-distance relationship with the world up against a burning, alcohol-soaked sunrise as you admit some things you never thought you would; your constant feelings of inadequacy intertwined with the omnipotence modern technology grants us all. alexei perry and dan boeckner wrote the songs on face control together. the album was recorded and mixed by arlen thompson at mount zoomer. it was then mastered by harris newman at hotel2tango. on sub pop.