Dehyper: boring indie rock 101

Dehyper is a feature that highlights bands and albums that really don't live up to their growing reputations.

On today's mix...
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)

I've never gotten the fuss over Wolf Parade. Given that they have a new album coming out, I decided to revisit Apologies to the Queen Mary today on my run, and... this music still makes almost no impression on me at all. At best, they're kind of a combo of Death Cab and Man Man, but they really lack the things that make those bands truly distinctive. With projects like Sunset Rubdown and Handsome Furs, the members of Wolf Parade seem to have already moved on to bigger and better things. Why go back to Mount Zoomer, guys? Songs like "Up On Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days" and "They Took a Vote and Said No" are more distinctive than both Wolf Parade albums combined. Listening to Apologies to the Queen Mary, I feel like I might as well be listening to X&Y--boring!

3/10