Sunset Rubdown, the side project of Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug, is an enigma to me.  I recall a moment in my old coffee shop, where in the midst of a spiraling, torrent of circus like music from the first Sunset Rubdown music, I had some sort of brain aneurysm and had to fumble my way to the volume knob and shut the whole mess down. A similarly befuddled customer shouted, “Thank you” from the back.

My expectations for new Sunset Rubdown were, as could be expected, low. Especially with the sort of fantasy-cum-indie rock concept I’d heard bandied in darkened rooms.  Yet, I’m shocked, stunned, horse-kicked in the beard by how much I enjoy this album.  Krug seems to have dropped a fair share of his experimental, well, fucking around, and has settled in to crafting epic pieces of brainy rock music.

This song especially, a sort of eight-bit infused peaking slow-track, caught me completely by surprise and has weaseled it’s way in to my daily mix.

Thank you Mr. Krug, your shift in musical composition has earnestly peaked my interest.  I bid you adieu.

Sunset Rubdown - You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)