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Parallel Play (CD)

By: Sloan (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Parallel Play (CD) Album By Sloan (Artist)
1   Believe In Me
2   Cheap Champagne
3   All I Am is All You're Not
4   Emergency 911
5   Burn For It
6   Witch's Wand
7   Dogs, The
8   Living the Dream
9   Other Side, The
10   Down In the Basement
11   If I Could Change Your Mind
12   I'm Not a Kid Anymore
13   Too Many
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (p.66) - "[T]he foursome -- who alternate songwriting and vocal duties -- have honed their skills to a finely calibrated science." -- Grade: B+
Magnet (p.116) - "PARALLEL PLAY joins the likes of Matthew Sweet's GIRLFRIEND and the Posies' FROSTING ON THE BEATER in the pantheon of power pop."

Title Note

It's a strange thing when a band mining nostalgic sounds of past generations also engenders their own canonical significance. But nearly 20 years and some major label ups-and-downs on, Sloan--Canada's primary power-pop export before the New Pornographers unzipped their goods--are forging ahead in their maturity while still representing a blast from the past. "Witch's Wand" strips things down to a piano-melody gallop that sounds a few bars askew from the Kinks' "Lola," before bridging to a chorus with a more contemporary set of handclaps and blissful vocal hiccups. Introspective lyrics like those on "Burn For It" and the AM radio-ready "Living The Dream" contribute to PARALLEL PLAY's sounding as much like an update on the guys' newfound elder statesman status as it does a flawlessly executed turn-back-the-clock-affair. By looking back with equal deftness to Big Star, the British Invasion, and their own imprinted Sloan style, these Canucks have prolonged not just the legacy of their influences, but their own legacy as well.

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The boiled down brother to their 30 song magnum opus Never Hear the End of It, Parallel Play is the latest from power pop royalty Sloan. Less a conscious answer to NHTEOI's unabridged creative approach, Parallel Play is a continuation of the musical concepts put forth on their last album and a further exploration of the band's four-songwriter dynamic. A term taken from the science of developmental psychology, Parallel Play is a behavior seen in young children in which they enjoy independent activities in the company of other children, something the four boys in Sloan know a lot about. As per their unique musical modus operandi, the members of Sloan wrote songs independently and then joined forces in the studio to produce yet another album of timeless, guitar-driven pop. For Sloan, Parallel Play proves once again that four times the songwriters equals four times the rock. Parallel Play will also be available on 12" vinyl.

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