
MySpace I hope it doesn't sound like faint praise when I say that Wave North , the new album from Toronto's Sunparlour Players , is much, much better than I'd expected it to be. I'd always figured that their strength would be in their sound, a raucous and clattering sort of country-groomed barroom gospel-rock which made for great live shows. But with this album, they've also proven they can write some pretty impressive songs with lyrical depth and emotional heft to say nothing of their surprisingly anthemic delivery. This [...]