'I wish I could believe in who you are.' is belted out by Spencer Krug at the exact moment I began to give this song its much deserved consideration. I follow most of Krug's three(?) bands pretty intently, but Wolf Parade is by far my favorite of his projects. Yet, this is an album that is unaccommodating, even for me. It is far a less palatable than their first LP, Apologies to Queen Mary and wears its badge of "No Singles" with the utmost pride.It has taken me two years to warm up to this song and to realize that Krug and Dan Boeckner's most epic and strangest track, might also be their best. These two don't usually sing on the same song with one another, but I think here it works perfectly, even if Krug ends up stealing the show a bit. It progresses as though it's three different songs the band decided to mash together. But it works, and I've grown to love every one of its eleven minutes. If I were drafting this list two months from now this might have ended up closer to the top, but for now I'll keep it here, safe at #99.
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