Aside from guitarist Dan Boeckner’s revelation that Wolf Parade would indeed be releasing a new studio album this summer and the promise that “This is not a fussed-over computer record… There’s almost zero overdubs on the record. So what you’re hearing is pretty much what it sounds like live,” we haven’t really gotten much detail about the Canadian outfit’s forthcoming third LP.
Well, that was until today. Per Pitchfork, Wolf Parade has dropped the release date (June 29th via Sub Pop), tracklist (see below), and artwork (see to your right) for EXPO 86, which, yes, is named after the 1986 World’s Fair. What’s more, two songs from the effort, “Ghost Pressure” and “What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had to Go This Way)”, have hit the web. You can check those out below, too. So, aside from a full album stream, we now have everything we need.
Plus, frontman Spencer Krug recently sat down with P4k to give a few additional words on his band’s new album.
“I think it’s more fun. We’re embracing our strengths (volume, disorganization), not trying to be fancy, not overthinking anything– just going with our initial instincts and hoping for the best,” explained Krug. “The result was a dozen or so upbeat tunes that we all like playing. The question I asked of most of the songs was whether or not I would dance to them. You know in Archie comics when there’s a school dance and you see little cartoon music notes floating out of the PA speakers? I like to think this new record sounds like those notes.” So to recap, an album named after a World’s Fair will attempt to solve the long lost mystery of what those floating music notes in cartoons sounds like? Alright, sounds good to me.
“What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had to Go This Way)”
EXPO 86 Tracklist:
01. Cloud Shadow on the Mountain
02. Palm Road
03. What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had to Go This Way)
04. Little Golden Age
05. In the Direction of the Moon
06. Ghost Pressure
07. Pobody’s Nerfect
08. Two Men in New Tuxedos
09. Oh You, Old Thing
10. Yulia
11. Cave-o-Sapien
Wolf Parade 2010 Tour Dates:
05/06 – Budapest, HR @ A38
05/07 – Krems, AT @ Donau Festival
05/08 – Leipzig, DE @ Pop Up Festival
05/09 – Prague, CZ @ Matrix
05/11 – Salzburg, AT @ Rockhouse
05/12 – Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv Club
05/13 – Torino, IT @ Spazio 211
05/16 – Brussels, BE @ Le Botanique
05/17 – Brighton, UK @ Concorde2
05/18 – London, UK @ HMV Forum
05/19 – Glasgow UK @ Oran Mor
05/20 – Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street
05/21 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Club Academy
05/22 – Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli De Helling
05/25 – Zagreb, CR @ Teatar & TD
05/26 – Ljubljana, SL @ Menza Pri Koritu
05/27 – Milano, IT @ Salumeria della Musica
05/28 – St Gallen, CH @ Palace
05/29 – Dudingen, CH @ Bad Bonn Festival
05/31 – Paris, FR @ Nouveau Casino
07/08 – Montreal, QC @ Le National ^
07/09 – Montreal, QC @ Le National ^
07/11 – Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall ^
07/12 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues ^
07/13 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 ^
07/15 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom ^
07/16 – Newport, KY @ Southgate House ^
07/17 – Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
07/18 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue ^
07/19 – Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Center ^
07/21 – Saskatoon, SK @ University of Saskatoon ^
07/22 – Calgary, AB @ Republik ^
07/23 – Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room ^
07/25 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre ^
07/26 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox ^
07/27 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom ^
07/29 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst Club ^
07/30 – Oakland, CA @ The Fox ^
07/31 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern ^
09/03 – Vlieland, NL @ In The Great Wide Open
09/06 – Belfast, IE @ Spring and Airbrakes
09/07 – Edinburgh, IE @ Cabaret Voltaire
09/09 – Leeds, UK @ Social Brudenell
09/10 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/12 – Birmingham, UK @ Glee Club
09/13 – Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
09/15 – London, UK @ HMV Forum
09/27 – Copenhagen, DK @ Lille Vega
09/28 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret
09/29 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Medis
10/01 – Helsinki, FI @ Tavastia
* = w/ We Are Wolves
^ = w/ The Moools
