Indie supergroup makes good.
Swan Lake - Beast Moans Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 3/1/07 @ 1:19 PM - altpress.com
[5/5] Eat your heart out, Audioslave and (+44): You ain't got nothing on the newest supergroup on the block, Swan Lake-comprised of indie-rock luminaries Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown), Daniel Bejar (Destroyer, the New Pornographers) and Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes). Their debut LP,
Beast Moans, is aptly titled-with the saucy wit (and song-naming sensibility) of Colin Meloy and more outboard effects then an Aphex Twins record, the trio careen through 13 rhapsodical tracks of delay-drenched, ramshackle David Byrne-meets-Black Francis (see "Nubile Days") love-rock. It seems that when you mix superstar indie-ites, everything is increased exponentially. Who knows how many tracks are used on some of these songs, but the sheer volume of backups and the shimmering sheet of background noise-melody is ever present.
(JAGJAGUWAR) Casey Lynch
Official Website: http://www.jagjaguwar.com
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