New Sloan - "I'm Not A Kid Anymore"
Veteran Canadian outfit Sloan are set to release their tenth studio full-length (discounting the Peppermint EP, including Recorded Live At A Sloan Party which was not recorded at a party, etc.) in 16 years. Prolific. That's what happens when you have four songwriters, though, and that's how they came upon the name for the new record: Parallel Play, as in that developmental psych term you learned while misdiagnosing yourself with every affliction in your Psych 101 book in high school. "I'm Not A Kid Anymore" comes from bassist/singer Chris Murphy, who explains the track's title like so:
I wanted to write a song about how we're old now and we think we have this pain in the ass job but in the scheme of things it's pretty awesome. We work 9 to 5 but it's the other 9 to 5 as in 9 pm to 5 am. It's really not that bad.
Yeah that's not a complaint to utter too loudly, Chris. (We know a good fifty some bands that would love trade places with you.) This song, on the other hand ... well, turn this shit up as loudly as possible. It's a gritty power popper with just the right the bit of Revolver-era harmonies to the bridge.
Sloan - "I'm Not A Kid Anymore" (MP3)
Parallel Play is out 6/10 via Yep Roc. Stream the whole thing right here.
Posted at 4:42 PM in Album Art, MP3
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Pat's looking very "Yellow" era Chris Martin in this shot.
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Not bad, not bad at all.
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Goddam, Sloan is the best. If this is even half as good as "Never Hear the End of It" then I'm going to be happy.
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dear god I wish I had headphones right now. Never Here the End of It was probably the best Sloan album since Between the Bridges and the description of Revolver-era anything makes my pants rise.
I will say that the cover art is fantastically awful though. Dear god. It makes Pretty Together and Action Pact look like computer generated masterpieces.
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Another let down from sloan beginning way back at "Navy Blues". Not happy trying repeatedly to be the Beatles, then every 70's band EVER - now they try to re-make "im an adult now" by the Pursuit of Happyness? C'mon guys, Ive been waiting 10 years for you to return to the greatness that was Smeared and Twice Removed.
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While I haven't exactly loved every Sloan record, to dismiss from Navy Blues on is just myopic.
I'll take a Sloan record (no matter the implied references within) over all others, any day.
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"The Dogs" is my favourite. I can't wait to hear it live on the 22nd in Cleveland!!! Goddam is right.
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I love the new stuff! I'm stoked about the new record, can't wait. Please come to Seattle soon! We love you here!
Hasta,
Kathryn
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