Parallel Play by Sloan, released 9 June 2008, includes the following tracks: "All I Am Is All You're Not", "Burn For It", "The Dogs", "The Other Side" and more.
This version of Parallel Play comes as a 1xCD. -
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. For Sloan, PARALLEL PLAY proves once again that four time the songwriters equals four times the rock.
Some bands just make strong songwriting appear effortless. Unfortunately, this does not always mean that the band gets its proper accolades (especiall...
Ethan Stanislawski - 27/Jun/2008
If Spoon is the current king of indie pop, Sloan, which formed in Nova Scotia in 1991, is the band that would be king. Far too excellent to go as unde...
Zeth Lundy - 12/Jun/2008
Last year’s Never Hear the End of It breathed some much-needed life back into the great Canadian power-pop band Sloan, who had gone a bit stale and pr...
Ian Cohen - 12/Jun/2008
Sloan never really fell off, but they've often been taken for granted.
You know how it goes with American critics-- make a bunch of classicist pop c...
Corey DuBrowa - 12/Jun/2008
Nova Scotia?s favorite sons dial down quantity, if not quality, on 10th full-length
?These days I?m up to my ass in routine,? sings Sloan bassist...
Steven Hyden - 10/Jun/2008
Relatively
hot on the heels of Sloan's exhaustive (and somewhat exhausting) 30-song epic Never
Hear The End Of It comes
a leaner but no less comprehen...