: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Wolf Parade : Album.......: Thin Mind : : Label.......: Royal Mountain Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Indie : Catnr.......: RMR118-2 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2020-01-23 Str.date....: 2020-01-24 Quality.....: 271kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://wolfparade.bandcamp.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Under Glass 3:21 2. Julia Take Your Man Home 4:36 3. Forest Green 5:04 4. Out Of Control 4:20 5. The Static Age 3:58 6. As Kind As You Can 5:10 7. Fall Into The Future 3:12 8. Wandering Son 4:56 9. Against The Day 4:12 10. Town Square 3:46 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 42:35 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 87.11 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: Every moment spent gazing at our screens is oversaturated with :, : content, an ever-accelerated news cycle conditioning our : :' ever-decreasing attention spans. The struggle to stay present, ': ,: and to foresee a clear, sustainable future, feels very real. :, : : :' Wolf Parade address this phenomenon head-on with Thin Mind, the ': ,: bandÆs 5th full-length and second to be produced by John :, : Goodmanson (Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, Unwound). : :' ': ,: ôThin Mind refers to the way that being around too much tech has :, : made our focus thin,ö says keyboardist Spencer Krug. : :' ': ,: ôItÆs opening one more page, scrolling one more thing,ö adds :, : guitarist Dan Boeckner, ôand the weird, sort-of hollow automaton : :' feeling that you get from it.ö ': ,: :, : ôThis record is very personal, but at the same time, weÆre all : :' coming from the same place of a general sense of anxiety,ö says ': ,: drummer Arlen Thompson. ôHow do you deal with the constant :, : barrage of having your opinions swayed by all these different : :' actors when you donÆt know who they are or what their purpose ': ,: is? There is no normal anymore.ö :, : : :' Thin Mind marks a return to the original power trio of Dan, ': ,: Spencer, and Arlen, following multi-instrumentalist Dante :, : DeCaroÆs amicable departure from the group in 2018, after the : :' conclusion of their world tour supporting Cry Cry Cry. ': ,: :, : One month later, the trio got together at RisquΘ Disque, an old : :' stone barn-turned-studio in the woods of Vancouver Island, to ': ,: begin writing Thin Mindùemerging with an album about making :, : sense of the present while reckoning with visions of the future. : :' ': ,: ôItÆs the first record where we did the whole thing in one place :, : from start to end,ö says Arlen. ôIt was just the three of us : :' until John came in, woodshedding in this moss-covered, rotting ': ,: building.ö :, : : :' Paradoxically, the bandÆs decision to forge a future-forward ': ,: sound using a myriad of synthesizersùfrom æ80s synths and æ90s :, : MiDi to more modern, kitchen sink instrumentsùrecalls the sonics : :' of Wolf ParadeÆs earliest EPs. ': ,: :, : Album highlights include ôJulia, Take Your Man Home,ö ôForest : :' Greenö and ôAgainst the Dayö, with lyrics split evenly between ': ,: Dan and Spencer. :, : : :' On ôJulia, Take Your Man Home,ö Spencer imagines the worst ': ,: version of himself over a deep groove and an exaggerated, :, : fictitious caricature. : :' ': ,: ôItÆs not literally me,ö he says. ôIÆve never carved shapes that :, : look like dicks into a bar, but it is the toxic male version of : :' myself.ö ': ,: :, : ôForest Greenö gallops along to a synthetic clip of ArlenÆs : :' electronic drum kit while DanÆs lyrics encapsulate the profound ': ,: beauty, and ugliness, of Vancouver Islandùnot only where Thin :, : Mind was recorded, but where Arlen and Spencer now live, and Dan : :' grew up. ': ,: :, : ôThe island has a really weird, pervasive darkness to it,ö : :' explains Arlen. ôItÆs got amazing nature, and thereÆs an ': ,: inescapable spiritual vibe to the place. But itÆs held with this :, : tension between real estate money and nature now constantly : :' being logged and developed. ItÆs a process thatÆs been ': ,: happening for maybe 150 yearsùyouÆre watching this beautiful :, : place just kind of melt.ö : :' ': ,: ôAgainst the Day,ö which features shared verses from Spencer and :, : Dan, similarly constructs a synthetic shell to examine whatÆs : :' natural and what is not. ': ,: :, : ôDan told me it was about two vampires exploring the human : :' world,ö says Spencer, who assumed the role of one vampire in ': ,: his verses. :, : : :' ôI wanted to tell a story about Lovecraftian, geological love ': ,: passing in a place,ö says Dan. ôand two souls that were :, : connected to each other. Every era that they go through, they : :' are always on the outside of culture, always outsiders.ö ': ,: :, : Ultimately, the band was only able to subvert the ôthin mindö : :' phenomenon by jumping right back into its creative process ': ,: after Cry Cry CryÆs tour, with each member bringing their :, : anxieties out of the modern world and re-examining them on an : :' elemental level. ': ,: :, : ôThereÆs this positive element to Thin Mind, too,ö explains Dan, : :' ôif youÆre in that liminal, very modern psychological state in ': ,: nature. At best, you become an incredibly powerful being for :, : interpreting and processing information at a speed that our : :' parents and grandparents couldnÆt possibly comprehend. In the ': ,: cognitive dissonance where we made this record, there was no :, : escape.ö : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 0 \/