Pitchfork

So you thought the musical offspring of these three Canadian characters-- Destroyer's Dan Bejar, Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown's Spencer Krug, and Frog Eyes' Carey Mercer-- would be all bombast, impenetrable song titles, fantastical imagery, and self references galore... but no! Instead we get the quiet but incessant acoustic drift of the simply-named "All Fires", the first offering from Swan Lake's Jagjaguwar debut Beast Moans. Krug barely raises his voice to sing a cryptic, mournful tale, backed by strum, warm tremolo, and stately Casio, culminating in one of the year's best choruses: "All fires have to burn alive/ To live." Calling it a (ahem) slow-burner wouldn't be too far off the mark. If Pitchfork's infinite mixtape ever went finite one day, this could be the closer.

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#0031 > Swan Lake: "All Fires"
[from Beast Moans; Jagjaguwar]
Info: [Swan Lake] | [MySpace] | [Jagjaguwar]

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// Previously on The Infinite Mixtape:
#0030: Killer Mike: "That's Life"
#0029: Ratatat: "Lex"
#0028: Sally Shapiro: "I'll Be By Your Side"
#0027: Junior Boys: "In the Morning"
#0026: Mew: "The Zookeeper's Boy"
#0025: Annuals: "Brother"
#0024: My Robot Friend: "One More Try (Vocals by Antony)"
#0023: Susanna & The Magical Orchestra: "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
#0022: Girl Talk: "Smash Your Head"
#0001 - #0021: 21 of 2006's Best Tracks