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The Double Cross

Sloan

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Returning to normal operations after a three-year hiatus, Sloan offer a few new wrinkles on The Double Cross -- the polyester-draped “Your Daddy Will Do” salutes the ‘70s in a suitably spangly disco fashion, there’s a hint of delicate pastoral folk on “Green Gardens, Cold Montreal” -- but the group doesn’t stray from the pop collage of 2006’s Never Hear the End of It. Each of the 12 cuts lands somewhere between an homage and invention, the four singer/songwriters of Sloan splicing together their deep record collections in ways familiar and fresh. An organ may bring Dylan to mind, harmonies may recall the Beatles, yet these allusions are deployed with knowing winks in songs that don’t explicitly sound like their influences. Sloan are craftsman who weld their good taste into charming miniatures, and if The Double Cross retains a hint of familiarity -- not due to the source material but rather the workmanship -- the group’s level of skill assures that this is as comfortably satisfying as its predecessors.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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1
Follow the Leader
00:02:58

Sloan, Composer, MainArtist - Two Minutes for Music Ltd., MusicPublisher

2011 Outside Music 2011 Two Minutes for Music Ltd.

2
The Answer Was You
00:02:20

Sloan, Composer, MainArtist - Two Minutes for Music Ltd., MusicPublisher

2011 Outside Music 2011 Two Minutes for Music Ltd.

3
Unkind
00:04:17

Sloan, Composer, MainArtist - Two Minutes for Music Ltd., MusicPublisher

2011 Outside Music 2011 Two Minutes for Music Ltd.

4
Shadow of Love
00:02:06

Sloan, Composer, MainArtist - Two Minutes for Music Ltd., MusicPublisher

2011 Outside Music 2011 Two Minutes for Music Ltd.

5
She's Slowing Down Again
00:03:07

Sloan, Composer, MainArtist - Two Minutes for Music Ltd., MusicPublisher

2011 Outside Music 2011 Two Minutes for Music Ltd.

6
Green Gardens, Cold Montreal
00:02:03

Sloan, Composer, MainArtist - Two Minutes for Music Ltd., MusicPublisher

2011 Outside Music 2011 Two Minutes for Music Ltd.

7
It's Plain to See
00:01:59

Sloan, Composer, MainArtist - Two Minutes for Music Ltd., MusicPublisher

2011 Outside Music 2011 Two Minutes for Music Ltd.

8
Your Daddy Will Do
00:03:06

Sloan, Composer, MainArtist - Two Minutes for Music Ltd., MusicPublisher

2011 Outside Music 2011 Two Minutes for Music Ltd.

9
I've Gotta Know
00:01:24

Sloan, Composer, MainArtist - Two Minutes for Music Ltd., MusicPublisher

2011 Outside Music 2011 Two Minutes for Music Ltd.

10
Beverley Terrace
00:03:03

Sloan, Composer, MainArtist - Two Minutes for Music Ltd., MusicPublisher

2011 Outside Music 2011 Two Minutes for Music Ltd.

11
Traces
00:05:00

Sloan, Composer, MainArtist - Two Minutes for Music Ltd., MusicPublisher

2011 Outside Music 2011 Two Minutes for Music Ltd.

12
Laying so Low
00:02:57

Sloan, Composer, MainArtist - Two Minutes for Music Ltd., MusicPublisher

2011 Outside Music 2011 Two Minutes for Music Ltd.

Album review

Returning to normal operations after a three-year hiatus, Sloan offer a few new wrinkles on The Double Cross -- the polyester-draped “Your Daddy Will Do” salutes the ‘70s in a suitably spangly disco fashion, there’s a hint of delicate pastoral folk on “Green Gardens, Cold Montreal” -- but the group doesn’t stray from the pop collage of 2006’s Never Hear the End of It. Each of the 12 cuts lands somewhere between an homage and invention, the four singer/songwriters of Sloan splicing together their deep record collections in ways familiar and fresh. An organ may bring Dylan to mind, harmonies may recall the Beatles, yet these allusions are deployed with knowing winks in songs that don’t explicitly sound like their influences. Sloan are craftsman who weld their good taste into charming miniatures, and if The Double Cross retains a hint of familiarity -- not due to the source material but rather the workmanship -- the group’s level of skill assures that this is as comfortably satisfying as its predecessors.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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2011 Outside Music 2011 Outside Music

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