Sloan “All Your Handsome Words”
This may not be a definitive Sloan best-of — there are a few hits missing and I entirely skip two of the band’s albums — but I do believe this mix gets across what I enjoy about their music, and stands as a strong career overview. What to expect: Hooks, harmonies, grooves, songs that get stuck in your head for days. If you like power pop, you’re going to find at least a few songs to love in this set. If you’re into this stuff, please do buy some Sloan albums directly from the band.
Sloan “All Your Handsome Words”
Flying High Again / Who Taught You To Live Like That? / I’ve Gotta Try / Don’t You Believe A Word / Friendship / Penpals / Burn For It / Witch’s Wand / Money City Maniacs / People Of The Sky / Someone I Can Be True With - Right Or Wrong - Something’s Wrong / Everything You’ve Done Wrong / Keep On Thinkin’ / The Lines You Amend / Ill-Placed Trust / Everybody Wants You / The Great Wall / Take It Upon Yourself / The Good In Everyone / C’mon C’mon / G Turns To D / I Hate My Generation / The NS / Fading Into ObscurityNote: I did not intentionally put three songs with the word “wrong” in the title in a row. It just kinda happened that way.
<3 <3 <3 No really, I’ve been in love with this band for about a decade now. The fact that everyone isn’t, that their Maxwell’s show a couple weeks ago wasn’t even sold out (Maxwell’s!), is completely incomprehensible to me. Would I put an entirely different set of songs on a mix I made? Probably! Are these all great songs? Yes. They’re that consistent.
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