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WOLF PARADE

Celebrated Canadian indie rock group led by songwriters and instrumentalists
Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner.

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ACTIVE

2000s - 2020s

FORMED

March, 2003 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

GENRE

Pop/Rock

STYLES

Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival

GROUP MEMBERS

Arlen Thompson, Dan Boeckner, Hadji Bakara, Spencer Krug, Dante DeCaro



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BIOGRAPHY


WOLF PARADE BIOGRAPHY BY MARK DEMING

Canadian indie rock band Wolf Parade became critics' darlings and enjoyed an
unexpected degree of commercial success in the 2000s and 2010s for their rich,
dynamic music constructed from a wealth of influences. Their songs were
unfailingly catchy, built from pop hooks that suggested they'd spent a lot of
time listening to synth-based new wave sounds of the '80s. But they added a
sense of drama and instrumental grandeur that was a throwback to prog rock
(especially in Spencer Krug's Bowie-styled vocals), as well as a dash of wit and
a lyrical stance that lent the songs a warmth and humanity despite the sleek
surfaces of their recordings. Wolf Parade impressed both critics and fans with
their first two albums, 2005's Apologies to the Queen Mary and 2008's At Mount
Zoomer, and after a five-year hiatus, they returned to duty as strong as they
were before on 2017's Cry Cry Cry.

Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Wolf Parade formed in 2003 when songwriter,
vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Spencer Krug, then a member of Frog Eyes,
was contacted about the possibility of playing a show opening for the Arcade
Fire. Krug immediately said yes, then realized he needed to find musicians to
join him on-stage. With the show only a week away, Krug got in contact with Dan
Boeckner, whose résumé included working with Atlas Strategic. Krug and Boeckner
started writing songs, using a drum machine to keep time, and they chose to add
drummer Arlen Thompson so late in the rehearsal schedule that they hadn't all
played together until the soundcheck for the gig. The show went well, and the
new band decided to keep making music together. By the end of the year, Wolf
Parade had self-released a four-song CD-R EP, and a six-song CD EP followed in
2004. By the time the second EP arrived, Wolf Parade had expanded to a quartet
with the addition of keyboard player Hadji Bakara. They struck up a friendship
with Isaac Brock of the band Modest Mouse, who was moonlighting as an A&R man
for the well-established indie label Sub Pop Records. Brock was a fan of Atlas
Strategic and enjoyed Boeckner's new band just as much; he arranged for Wolf
Parade to sign with Sub Pop, and he produced their first release for the label,
a self-titled four-song EP.

The first full-length album from Wolf Parade, Apologies to the Queen Mary, came
out in September 2005; also produced by Brock, the album garnered rave reviews,
won a nomination for the Polaris Music Prize, and was a commercial success,
rising to 158 on the nationwide Top 200 Albums chart. The group added another
new member, Dante DeCaro, a former member of Hot Hot Heat who played rhythm
guitar and percussion, helping to fill out the elaborate arrangements of the
album on-stage. In 2008, Kenji Fusé of the Victoria Symphony Orchestra created a
symphonic arrangement of Wolf Parade's "I'll Believe in Anything" that he
debuted that year. Also in 2008, the group's second album, At Mount Zoomer, was
put out by Sub Pop, and it was another favorite with critics, cracking the Top
50 of the album charts. By the end of the year, Hadji Bakara had dropped out of
the band to return to academia. In late 2009, Wolf Parade began work on their
third album. During its recording, the group members realized they had not only
all attended the 1986 World's Fair in Vancouver, but had been there in the same
week. This coincidence provided the title for the album, Expo 86, released in
June 2010. The group set out on tour, and once their touring cycle was over in
mid-2011, they made a public announcement that they were taking an indefinite
hiatus. Krug began making new music under the banner Moonface, and Boeckner
worked with Handsome Furs and Divine Fits.

In 2016, Wolf Parade reunited and began writing and recording fresh material.
The band headed out for a reunion tour, and when they returned, they completed
work on their fourth studio album, Cry Cry Cry, which was issued by Sub Pop in
October 2017. Dante DeCaro left the band in 2018 after the completion of a world
tour; they recorded their next album as a trio. The finished product, Thin Mind,
was produced by John Goodmanson and arrived in January 2020.


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