Swan Lake, 'Beast Moans' (Jagjaguwar)

Collision of Canadians has an awkward appeal.

This confluence of shining indie-rock lights -- Destroyer's Dan Bejar, Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug, and Frog Eyes' Carey Mercer -- produces a sound that's equal parts inexplicable and meandering. But when the trio aren't tripping over each other, they find beauty in a gurgling version of psychedelic folk, reaching through the mist and retrieving, as by complete accident, gorgeously delicate bits of melody and alchemy on tunes like "A Venue Called Rubella" and "Are You Swimming in Her Pools?" It's alternately spotty and spot-on. 

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Swan Lake - "All Fires" DOWNLOAD MP3
Swan Lake - "The Freedom" DOWNLOAD MP3

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