WOLF PARADE - 'Cloud Shadow on the Mountain'

Origin: Montreal, QC
Position: NUMBER FIVE
Cherchez La Moose: Wolf Parade has been one of my favourite Canadian bands since their 2005 debut, Apologies to the Queen Mary. Their sophomore album was criticized for being inconsistent and for sounding like two EP's had been glued together. I didn't really care - every song was great, and I consider it a pretty underrated album. Expo 86 was released a few months ago, and while songwriters Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner sound more unified and collaborative this time around, the album hasn't blown me away. It still has a ton of great songs though, most notably the opener Cloud Shadow on the Mountain. The song cuts off early in this fan video, which is pretty tragic, but it was the only one posted on YouTube.