Swan Lake is (from left to right) Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade / Sunset Rubdown), Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes) and Dan Bejar (Destroyer / New Pornographers).
Their debut album finally has a release date; entitled ‘Beast Moans’, it will be released through Jagjaguwar on November 21st 2006.
The tracklisting is stated as:
Widow’s Walk
Nubile Days
City Calls
A Venue Called Rubella
All Fires
The Partisan But He’s Got To Know
The Freedom
Petersburg, Liberty Theater, 1914
The Pollenated Girls
Bluebird
Pleasure Vessels
Are You Swimming In Her Pools?
Shooting Rockets
Keep an eye on here for any further updates.
One-off Montreal date:
July 16th, 2006 @ 9:00pm
Handsome Furs
CLUB LAMBI
Thanks to Maria for spotting that.
And furthermore; expect their album to be recorded this month and released on Subpop soon.
As previously confirmed, Wolf Parade will be appearing at Montreal’s Osheaga festival in September. They’ll be playing on the second day of the festival on September 3rd. Tickets for this have just gone on sale in the last few days. They can be purchased through admission.com by clicking here.
Wolf Parade will appear alongside a really decent line-up that includes; Sonic Youth, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Final Fantasy, Herman Dune and loads more. Not too pricey, either. Check out the full list on the official festival website:
http://www.osheaga.com/
Wolf Parade are one of ten artists nominated for Canada’s album of the year award. The prize includes Canadian artists only and is based on artistic merit as oppose to sales or a specified genre for albums released between June 1st, 2005 and May 31st, 2006. The voting will commence from over 100 local and national journalists to be announced on September 18th 2006 in Toronto. The award being an appetising $20,000. Amongst the other nominated artists are Final Fantasy, Broken Social Scene and The New Pornographers. You can view the full details at the Polaris website:
http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/
