Pitchfork can kiss something else…
Written by ashkap on Tuesday, 1 of April , 2008 at 12:41 pm
(As a disclaimer for what is to come, I would like to note that I read Pitchfork every day of my life, usually around when I wake up in the morning, and I find them to be an invaluable, reliable, and prompt source for important news in the independent music world, although I do find that their Reviews section tends to be utterly wrong, with the number score often contrasting the demeanor of the article. Read on, brave reader.)
Pitchfork, the bane of everyone not Radiohead, has taken a shot at Wolf Parade. They think that the title of Wolf Parade’s new album, Kissing The Beehive is stupid. Read here. Now, I can’t speak for the rest of the staff here at The Tape, but convinced as I am that Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug shit gold
compounded with the fact that Wolf Parade’s sophomore masterpiece (I say that without hearing a note of it) is coming out ON MY BIRTHDAY (June 17th) makes Pitchfork’s article inexcusable. They have earned the lowest stamp of disappointment I know to give.
Dear Pitchfork,
Regarding the Johnathan Carroll novel of the same name, I ran to the local library after hearing the news, devoured the 1997 book Kissing The Beehive, and am not convinced that the album bears any relation to it. It may be a coincidence since the book is a cold case murder mystery with fairly flat dialog and a bad attempt at a twist ending. It is a quite entertaining page turner with many interesting ideas and philosophical points but I doubt it has inspired the new album.
In other Loosely Connected Canada news, Handsome Furs are touring America and I am not seeing them seeing them not seeing them, Wolf Parade has designed a charity T-Shirt, and in case you didn’t take the time to read P4K’s crock of turd, Kissing The Beehive drops on June 17th from Sub Pop with a tour planned for July and August.
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