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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: Joseph on 22 Apr 2008, 12:19

Title: Sloan
Post by: Joseph on 22 Apr 2008, 12:19
So, there's been a fair load of discussion about the band Sloan around these boards lately.  They've released a large number of fantastic power-pop albums over the past decade in a half, showing remarkable consistency over the course of their career.  Since this discussion has been pretty sprawling, creating side discussions in a decent number of topics, I figured maybe the band deserved a thread of their own.

And what better time could there be for one, as Sloan's latest album, Parallel Play, is available for streaming here:
http://store.yeproc.com/album.php?id=13402
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Kyros on 22 Apr 2008, 12:31
I actually went and procured the Sloan album One Chord to Another after reading all the talk of Sloan in various threads the past week or so.  I'm really enjoying it and I went and found Never Hear the End of It too.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: tommydski on 22 Apr 2008, 12:40
I don't like them.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Johnny C on 22 Apr 2008, 12:42
Atrocious band. I'd never see them live in a million years.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Jackie Blue on 22 Apr 2008, 12:45
"Sloan is nobody's favorite band." - Pitchfork magazine

*checks my last.fm page*

Oh shi...
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Joseph on 22 Apr 2008, 12:49
Right.  I forgot to mention that all the discussion has been about how disliked they are.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Jackie Blue on 22 Apr 2008, 12:52
I think their chances at American success were severely hindered by writing a song about Nirvana's bass player owing one of them $20.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: tommydski on 22 Apr 2008, 13:08
Patrick Pentland looks like the sort of person I'd quite like to fight.

Something about him just takes me there.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: imapiratearg on 22 Apr 2008, 13:12
This band is terrible!  So bad, in fact, I am going to have to stream that album when I get home tonight.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Jackie Blue on 22 Apr 2008, 13:15
I hear Chris Murphy is a Billy Corgan-level douchebag to the rest of the band.

I mean listen to that part on the Party Album where he goes "Patrick, get in tune, please."
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: karl gambolputty... on 22 Apr 2008, 13:16
This one time I was listening to Sloan in an elevator, loud enough for a cute Canadian girl standing next to me to identify it.  She beat me to within an inch of my life with a hockey stick.  I haven't listened to them since. 

Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Jackie Blue on 22 Apr 2008, 13:18
Sloan has gotten me laid by so many Canadian art-school chicks.

The key is to say you like Andrew's songs the best.  Chicks are suckers for "People of the Sky".
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Johnny C on 22 Apr 2008, 13:59
Chicks are a sucker for Andrew.

Personally I want to be friends with Chris Murphy.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: tommydski on 22 Apr 2008, 14:01
I sure don't. His band sucks.

'Underwhelmed' is a shitty song and he wears stupid glasses.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Johnny C on 22 Apr 2008, 14:01
I want to be friends with him so I can tell him to break up the band. I figure the best way to do it is from the inside.

Later, I would cut his hair while he slept. It looks dumb.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: pilsner on 22 Apr 2008, 14:19
Way to be 17 years too late.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: muteKi on 22 Apr 2008, 14:22
I hate the first song on the album so much I'm going to keep listening to it. I guess I'm just a sucker for organs.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: tommydski on 22 Apr 2008, 15:26
The new album is another failure in a long line of failures.

They should seriously consider capital punishment for this shit.

People should just listen to Weezer and Green Day instead.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: karl gambolputty... on 22 Apr 2008, 15:50
Come on guys, Sloan aren't that bad.  That Buddy Holly song of theirs is pretty catchy.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: blanktom on 22 Apr 2008, 16:05
i liked the one about the island in the sun. had a nice feel to it.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Tom on 22 Apr 2008, 19:21
Does that mean you hate it :?
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Ikrik on 22 Apr 2008, 22:35
Sloan.....I know them.....I think it's probably just because we're both Canadian.  I've probably heard there songs a bunch of times and honestly I can't remember any of them.  I know that I don't like them though, although I don't know why.....it's probably because whenever I switch on the radio in the morning I get to hear about how Sloan is just an amazing band.....by DJ's who think that Slipknot is really hardcore.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Christophe on 26 Feb 2010, 16:10
Look at these pictures of these stupid people and their lame instruments and them playing them lamely. (http://picasaweb.google.com/chris.casuga/SloanWTaylorLockeAndTheRoughsHIJKSlimSSanFranciscoCA2192010#)
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: NotAFanOfFenders on 26 Feb 2010, 16:17
Sloan may be lame, but that mustang bass ain't. Neither are their SGs nor their LP juniors.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Patrick on 27 Feb 2010, 03:59
Man Tommy if you thought that song was bad you should get a load of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygejqgBm9l0) fucking trash

NotAFan, the band with the TV yellow LP and the faded yellow SG with Vibrola is Taylor and the Roughs, not Sloan. That CompStang bass is totally Sloan though.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Patrick on 27 Feb 2010, 04:01
Also Chris where the FUCK are the photos of that black Rickenbacker
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: StaedlerMars on 07 Mar 2010, 04:07
I'm definitely not not talking about my most played album (according to last.fm) on freshair.org.uk which is definitely not Action Pact at all in about half an hour.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Christophe on 07 Mar 2010, 23:53
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/simakos/sloansimpsons.jpg)
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Inlander on 18 Jul 2010, 21:21
I thought all you bastards would like to know that I was at a warehouse sale for a local independent book/CD shop yesterday and I saw some album called Never Hear the End of It by this band called Sloan on sale for $2.50 and I thought "That's one of those bands all those bastards on the forum are always banging on about" so I bought it.

I thought all you bastards would like to know that I bought an album just because of you.

Power-pop isn't really my favourite genre but it's pretty good I guess.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Johnny C on 18 Jul 2010, 23:41
Sloan
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Christophe on 19 Jul 2010, 00:07
Sloan
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: KharBevNor on 19 Jul 2010, 00:27
SLAYERRRRR

\m/
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Spluff on 19 Jul 2010, 01:00
you don't even like slayer
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: squawk on 19 Jul 2010, 02:16
oh i forgot that this was like my favorite thread
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Nodaisho on 19 Jul 2010, 03:10
JOHN MAYERRRRR

\m/
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Inlander on 19 Jul 2010, 05:59
Tough luck tommy, I'm pretty sure she's fucking Ferris Bueller.

Damn lucky Bueller.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: TheFuriousWombat on 19 Jul 2010, 09:02
(http://www.redwhortleberry.com/genealogy/history/images/sloan.gif)
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Trynant on 25 Jul 2010, 19:14
You dicks are making me remember that shitty band again, and now I'll want to play their crap because of all the awful memories. It's like bad movie night except Sloan is the Star Wars' Christmas Special and ohgodthealcoholdoesntmakeitanybetter.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: KvP on 25 Jul 2010, 19:40
(http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/53/pressedbone.jpg)

?

(http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/4240/trafficcone.jpg)

?
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: squawk on 25 Jul 2010, 19:59
Conebone? I miss that guy
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: KvP on 26 Jul 2010, 00:15
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/222/3mia.jpg)

?
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Johnny C on 26 Jul 2010, 00:30
Conebone? I miss that guy

the bassist from sum 41???
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Christophe on 22 Feb 2011, 10:26
Sloan to release new album, The Double Cross, in May this year. (http://www.outside-music.com/news.php?id=149)

There's a link to the lead-off track Follow the Leader, a Chris tune. Struck me as a better-written version of "All I Am Is All You're Not". I shudder to think how bad Patrick's songs are gonna be on this one (although he gets a pass for Parallel Play, his on that one were actually pretty alright).
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: squawk on 22 Feb 2011, 21:04
This year is officially my favorite music year.

My sister's bf has XM in his car and yesterday when we were driving to the city, that single they randomly put out in 2009 ("take it upon yourself") came on. I had never heard it before, but I was just like, "oh FUCK YEAH, SLOAN, THIS IS SO AWESOME! I hope they put out a new album this year." Then I find this out the next day. Such good vibes right now
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Be My Head on 27 Feb 2011, 09:36
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIGEmrsZzzI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIGEmrsZzzI)
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Lupercal on 28 Feb 2011, 07:43
Sloan may be lame, but that mustang bass ain't. Neither are their SGs nor their LP juniors.

Damn that thing looks tiny in the hands of that enormous moose. I actually thought it was a guitar before I realised it was one of those "shortscale" thingemejigs. Turrible.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Patrick on 01 Mar 2011, 03:28
I shudder to think how bad Patrick's songs are gonna be

WHOA MAN. WHOA.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: 42manZ on 02 Mar 2011, 16:43
I guess it would be uncool of me to say that I think Sloan are pretty sweet.
Unless if all this conversation is ironic, then I hate them.
Man, I guess I'll never hear the end of it either.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: eyefielbad on 08 Mar 2011, 15:35
I gave my best friend a worn copy of One Chord to Another sophomore year of high school. I think this act might done irreparable damage to our friendship that has slowly come undone in the years hence. Also, I'm dating his ex-girlfriend. I don't know why I felt the need to bring that up.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Christophe on 08 Apr 2011, 08:24
I liked "Unkind" for the same reason I jammed on "Witch's Wand" from the last album--it sounds like ABBA.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: Christophe on 08 Apr 2011, 08:25
I fucking love ABBA.
Title: Re: Sloan
Post by: squawk on 08 Apr 2011, 10:23
SLOOOOOO AAAAAANNN.
I love this year