“GIVE ME! YOUR EYES! I NEED! SUNSHINE!” I love Dan Boeckner, I love Spencer Krug, and by God, I love Wolf Parade. “Expo 86” is somewhat of a return to form after the shapeless At Mount Zoomer, underpinned with an upbeat freneticism that owes much to Boeckner's other project Handsome Furs, and these songs are certainly much more fun than the naysayers anticipated. But as good as they are, they don't hold a candle to the ATTQM stuff- the bludgeoning drums of “You Are A Runner;” the frenzied mania of “Songs and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts,” the vocal-chord-scraping rawness of “This Heart's On Fire.” And don't the crowd know it; as enthusiastic as they are for the newer stuff, it's only the classics that trigger true pandemonium. Indeed, the Manchester show became sauna-like that even his hardened gig veteran had to retreat from the mosh-pit for his own well-being. Amazing scenes.
(Photo: John Gleeson)
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