Blog: PopMatters

Former Wolf Parade frontman Dan Boeckner returns with his wife, Alexei Perry, for an album of synth-driven, heart-on-sleeve anthems. Dan Boeckner is a rock god. If that sounds a little cheesy, a little '80s rock charts, that's part of the point. Boeckner wields both of his primary instruments -- an abused guitar and that beautiful, strong, unhinged voice of his -- with an enthusiasm and charisma that at once paradoxically recall the arena titans and punk heroes of the early '70s and 1980s. In his other, more famous (and now potentially defunct) outfit, Wolf...

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