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- Summary: This is the latest album for the Canadian rock-pop quartet.
- Record Label: Yep Roc
- Genre(s): Rock, Pop, Alternative
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| Believe in Me | |
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| If you believe everything has a reason If you believe that what you've seen will unfold If you believe that everybody needs to shake it loose That... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Entertainment WeeklyThe [power pop] aesthetic remains intact on their ninth album, but it also proves the foursome--who alternate songwriting and vocal duties-- have honed their skills to a finely calibrated science. [20 June 2008, p.66]
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Parallel Play finds the quartet in fine form.
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Sloan have solved their problem by giving each member room to roam, and they're winding up with records that are rich emotionally and musically, illustrating that it is possible for a classicist guitar pop band like Sloan to grow with each passing year.
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Not as sprawling a set of riches as "Never Hear the End of It," this new album is more in the pop juggernaut category, where each song pulls the listener along in head-bobbing succession--but there’s no less dynamism for that.
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Parallel Play ends up being a fan’s record: one whose economy and intelligence will delight the Sloan faithful but probably won’t change the band’s fortunes or alter its trajectory with a generation raised on American Idol.
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It’s great to watch the venerable Canadian band continue its post-slump renaissance, and even more fitting that it makes the rebound look easy.
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Under The RadarThere are a few diamonds here, but there’s also a lot of stray buckshot. [Summer 2008]
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