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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Follow the LeaderSloan | Sloan | Play | 02:56 | 6 MB | 22 MB |
| 2 | The Answer Was YouSloan | Sloan | Play | 02:18 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 3 | UnkindSloan | Sloan | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 4 | Shadow of LoveSloan | Sloan | Play | 02:04 | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| 5 | She's Slowing Down AgainSloan | Sloan | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 6 | Green Gardens, Cold MontrealSloan | Sloan | Play | 02:01 | 4 MB | 11 MB |
| 7 | It's Plain to SeeSloan | Sloan | Play | 01:57 | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| 8 | Your Daddy Will DoSloan | Sloan | Play | 03:04 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 9 | I've Gotta KnowSloan | Sloan | Play | 01:22 | 3 MB | 10 MB |
| 10 | Beverly TerraceSloan | Sloan | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 11 | TracesSloan | Sloan | Play | 04:58 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 12 | Laying So LowSloan | Sloan | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 34 mins | 77 MB | |||||
| 34 mins | 242 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Carvalho | Mastering |
| 2 | Simon Evers | Graphic Design |
| 3 | Jay Ferguson | Group Member |
| 4 | Ryan Haslett | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 5 | Kevin Hilliard | Cover Photo, Percussion |
| 6 | Gregory MacDonald | Cover Photo, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Photography, Stylophone, Vocals (Background) |
| 7 | Chris Murphy | Cover Photo, Group Member |
| 8 | Patrick Pentland | Group Member |
| 9 | Andrew Scott | Group Member |
| 10 | Sloan | Composer, Graphic Design, Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |