Jun
21
2010
Album Review – Wolf Parade’s “Expo 86″

By Lukas Clark-Memler
The 1986 Vancouver World Expo was a magical time. Miles Davis, Johnny Cash and The Beach Boys performed; a Floating McDonalds and the world’s largest ice hockey stick were all on display. This attracted a bevy of global icons including, but not limited to: Princess Diana, Bill Cosby and Jacques Cousteau. Another group of attendees were the then pre-adolescent members of Wolf Parade, who as rumor has it, actually met at the Expo and agreed to meet up some 17 years later to form a band.
