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Track Listings
| 1. Soldier's Grin |
| 2. Call It a Ritual |
| 3. Language City |
| 4. Bang Your Drum |
| 5. California Dreamer |
| 6. The Grey Estates |
| 7. Fine Young Cannibals |
| 8. An Animal In Your Care |
| 9. Kissing the Beehive |
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Album Description
At Mount Zoomer, the second full length LP from the Canadian indie rock band Wolf Parade, an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, now based in Montreal, Quebec. The album is named after drummer Arlen Thompson's sound studio, Mount Zoomer, which apparently is "a B.C. euphemism for magic mushrooms and a nod to Montreal band, A Silver Mount Zion." Half of the album was recorded at Arcade Fire's Petite glise in Farnham, Quebec - an old church that was converted to a recording studio for the production of Neon Bible. After touring the east coast in late 2007, Wolf Parade recorded the rest of the album at MIXart Studios in Montreal, Canada.
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4.4 out of 5 stars (18 customer reviews)
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Look Deeper, Jun 17 2008
By Kenyon J. Weidle "old soul" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: At Mount Zoomer (Audio CD)
When I first heard At Mount Zoomer, I was a little disappointed. It didn't seem to have the instant POP of Wolf Parade's first album, Apologies To The Queen Mary. That album broke onto the scene with gritty, electronically tinged rock songs that contained enough pop sensibility to appease any ear. At Mount Zoomer sounded like they were trying to repeat that effort, but with less success.And then I listened again. And again. And again.
It became apparent that the album is more complicated than that.
Language City is gem. It opens with an excellent guitar riff and then enters the drums, the piano, and once a furious rhythm is established familiar synth buzzes through the air. They then break it down into a transcendent, hope-filled finish echoing, "We are not at home."
Exactly, the band is somewhere else now. Wolf Parade seems more concerned with the timing and progression of their songs.
"California Dreamer" starts strange with hopping bass and synth like a hypnopompic hallucination. The song then jumps into a psychedelic jam and finally ends leaving little of that initial strangeness resolved.
This oddity is followed by the cheery "The Grey Estates" wiping away the cobwebs of "California Dreamer."
"Fine Young Cannibals" follows with brooding guitar parts. Again the flow established in the previous song is interrupted. The song evolves into another dreamlike jam and the result is superb.
I could go on but I think I made my point. There is a surreal character in the album created by the shifting moods. Wolf Parade seamlessly moves between otherworldly jams and hallucitory peaks and valleys. The result epic in scope, though not as immediately accessible as Apologies. However, Zoomer is a much more interesting listen. Fans of Apologies who give the album a close and scrutinizing listen will discover a new world here. And it's a fun and mesmerizing place.
I can't finish this review without noting that album ends fantastically with Kissing the Beehive Pt 1 and 2.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good, Jan 7 2009
By S. Harding - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: At Mount Zoomer (Audio CD)
I ordered this CD and put it in my daughter's stocking for Christmas this year. She's very happy with the CD.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Oh how good they are, Sep 26 2008
By Katherine Escelbach "KatKatherine" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: At Mount Zoomer (Audio CD)
I have loved wolf parade for since the first note i heard, this album has only increased my love for them. If you can see them live, amazing.
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