Sloan
4 Nights at the Palais Royale
(murderecords)
Put away your prejudice against live
records because this
will become the soundtrack to your summer road trips. Taken from
a sold-out run in Toronto last November in support of 1998's Navy Blues, 4 Nights at
the Palais Royale is a great introduction
to those unfamiliar with another fine
Canadian import. Sloan
are Beatlemaniacs and unashamed of the AC/DC records in their collections. Songs have unrelenting hooks and choruses, multi-part
harmonies and
guitar crunch. Newer material ("Seems So Heavy,"
"On the Horizon")
stands up well side-by-side with
the crowd pleasers from the back catalog ("I Am the
Cancer,"
"Underwhelmed"). The production gives you the feel
for a
Sloan gig -- full of rebel yells, audience sing-alongs and
good humor. Mistakes were left
in, as reported in the liner notes.
These guys love to play and it comes through loud and
clear.
Rating: 7
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