New CD Review week continues: The infamous sophomore jinx; the pressure to follow up a succesful debut has crippled many bands. Luckily, this is not the case for Montreal's Wolf Parade. The band's debut "Apologies to the Queen Mary" is nothing short of spectacular and cut through the indie rock landscape (including many other bands with "Wolf" in their names) in 2006. "At Mount Zoomer," the band's second offering doesn't quite approach the classic status of the first album but it is still quite an accomplishment nonetheless. Songs like "Soldier's Grin" and "Call it a ritual" sting with the urgency of the first album. However, it is the album's closer "Kissing the Beehive," a ten minute epic written by both of WP's main songwriters, that nudges "At Mount Zoomer" towards greatness.Here's my favourite song of the last album, "I'll Believe in Anything":
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