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██▓▀ Album......[ The Hidden Names ▀▓██
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▓▓█▓▀ ██ Language...[ English ██ ▀▓█▓▓
▀ ▄████ Rip Date...[ 2009-12-07 ████▄ ▀
▄ ▀ ▓█▓ Store Date.[ 2009-10-13 ▓█▓ ▀ ▄
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█▓ 01 As The World Turned Out 4:09 ▓█
█▓ 02 Little Pieces 3:46 ▓█
█▓ 03 Miraculous 3:38 ▓█
█▓ 04 Soft Lies 4:44 ▓█
█▓ 05 Sleeping City 3:03 ▓█
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█▓ 13 Mad Mad Day 4:27 ▓█
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█░█▒ The October 2009 release of The Hidden Names by ▒█░█
█░█▒ Nine Mile Records act Parlour Steps should finally ▒█░█
█░█▒ put a spotlight on one of CanadaÆs most intriguing ▒█░█
█░█▒ bands. ▒█░█
█░█▒ ôIf there is an overall theme to be distilled it ▒█░█
█░█▒ would be of the never-ending search for meaning and ▒█░█
█░█▒ connection in todayÆs world,ö Caleb Stull, the ▒█░█
█░█▒ bandÆs founder, chief songwriter, singer and ▒█░█
█░█▒ guitarist says of the album. ▒█░█
█░█▒ The keen intelligence, the ambitious ideas, the ▒█░█
█░█▒ pride in tackling heady, cerebral concepts that has ▒█░█
█░█▒ characterized the band from Vancouver, British ▒█░█
█░█▒ Columbia, from the get-go remain intact. But a ▒█░█
█░█▒ newfound musical confidence gives a carefree flow ▒█░█
█░█▒ to the bandÆs music, with a vivacious presence and ▒█░█
█░█▒ palpable warmth. ▒█░█
█░█▒ Lauded by the Canadian press, Parlour Steps has at ▒█░█
█░█▒ various times evoked comparisons to the brainy pop ▒█░█
█░█▒ of XTC, the drama of Arcade Fire, the lyrical focus ▒█░█
█░█▒ of Sufjan Stevens and the snappy rhythmic grip of ▒█░█
█░█▒ the Pixies. But it is Caleb StullÆs relentless ▒█░█
█░█▒ curiosity and daring songwriting that separates the ▒█░█
█░█▒ quartet from the indie-rock pack. ▒█░█
█░█▒ The opening track, the buoyant ôAs the World Turned ▒█░█
█░█▒ Out,ö for example, attempts to explore ôour ▒█░█
█░█▒ laughable, small- lensed grip on ourselves,ö while ▒█░█
█░█▒ ôMiraculous,ö says Stull, ôriffs on our nihilistic ▒█░█
█░█▒ self-absorption, so woefully out of place in such a ▒█░█
█░█▒ massive universe as ours.ö ▒█░█
█░█▒ Stull calls ôSoft Lies,ö ôa simple love song about ▒█░█
█░█▒ getting mired in too much self-awareness,ö while ▒█░█
█░█▒ the closing tune ôMad Mad Dayö he describes as ▒█░█
█░█▒ detailing ôour common alienation of æothers,Æ and ▒█░█
█░█▒ our general suspicions that people different from ▒█░█
█░█▒ us couldnÆt possibly want and need the same things ▒█░█
█░█▒ out of life. The end line, repeated over and over, ▒█░█
█░█▒ is really a call to arms, to never let others ▒█░█
█░█▒ decide your values for you, to never let ignorance ▒█░█
█░█▒ and pride lead the way.ö ▒█░█
█░█▒ The Hidden Names is the lovely and logical ▒█░█
█░█▒ successor to Ambiguoso, 2008Æs previous full-length ▒█░█
█░█▒ for Nine Mile Records and the first Parlour Steps ▒█░█
█░█▒ album, (after three previous albums, including ▒█░█
█░█▒ 2005Æs acclaimed The Great Perhaps) to get a full ▒█░█
█░█▒ United States release. ▒█░█
█░█▒ ôThe confidence on The Hidden Names comes from the ▒█░█
█░█▒ rather successful experiments in pop simplicity of ▒█░█
█░█▒ our work on Ambiguoso,ö says Stull, who also ▒█░█
█░█▒ produces the bandÆs work. ôThe emotion is closer to ▒█░█
█░█▒ the surface. We feel less and less concerned with ▒█░█
█░█▒ coming off as cool and calculated and have decided, ▒█░█
█░█▒ instead, to just write simpler pop tunes.ö ▒█░█
█░█▒ The Hidden Names also benefits from a winning ▒█░█
█░█▒ chemistry in and out of the studio, on stage and ▒█░█
█░█▒ off. It is the first album to feature Alison Maira ▒█░█
█░█▒ on keyboards. Joining singer/guitarist Stull, ▒█░█
█░█▒ bassist/vocalist Julie Bavalis, guitarist Rees ▒█░█
█░█▒ Haynes, and drummer Robert Linton, Parlour Steps ▒█░█
█░█▒ now has the ripest, fullest musicality and ▒█░█
█░█▒ emotional balance it has ever had. ▒█░█
█░█▒ ôAlison is an excellent player,ö Stull says. ▒█░█
█░█▒ ôIntroducing her and her keyboard work has lent us ▒█░█
█░█▒ a lyricism, a beauty we didnÆt have before.ö ▒█░█
█░█▒ What makes The Hidden Names stand out is that the ▒█░█
█░█▒ five-piece band contributes with single-minded ▒█░█
█░█▒ energy to what Stull calls ôthe greater good of the ▒█░█
█░█▒ song.ö The greater good of the song: If there is ▒█░█
█░█▒ any commandment that defines Parlour Steps, it is ▒█░█
█░█▒ yielding to the greater good of the song. That is ▒█░█
█░█▒ something the world discovered in 2005, when ▒█░█
█░█▒ ôThieves of Memoryö won second place in the rock ▒█░█
█░█▒ category in International SongwriterÆs Competition, ▒█░█
█░█▒ an annual event which that year drew some 15,000 ▒█░█
█░█▒ entries. ▒█░█
█░█▒ But that was then, and Parlour Steps are not ones ▒█░█
█░█▒ to rest on past achievements. In those days, the ▒█░█
█░█▒ band got much mileage out of StullÆs somewhat ▒█░█
█░█▒ tongue-in-cheek coinage of the phrase ôthought ▒█░█
█░█▒ rockö to describe the bandÆs music. Though Caleb is ▒█░█
█░█▒ certainly unapologetic about the accuracy or ▒█░█
█░█▒ usefulness of the phrase in gaining some attention ▒█░█
█░█▒ for Parlour Steps, he is quite content to let fade ▒█░█
█░█▒ away what he acknowledges may have been a ôrather ▒█░█
█░█▒ pretentious sounding conceit.ö ▒█░█
█░█▒ ôWhile I would love to pretend the lyrics evoked ▒█░█
█░█▒ some sort of cerebral itch in our listeners, all ▒█░█
█░█▒ the while our music was becoming more intuitive and ▒█░█
█░█▒ visceral and ultimately less cerebral,ö Stull says. ▒█░█
█░█▒ ôTo paraphrase Zadie Smith, we have tried to ▒█░█
█░█▒ bolster a rhythm that does not exclude thinking.ö ▒█░█
█░█▒ Listen to ôThe Hidden Namesö and youÆll snap your ▒█░█
█░█▒ fingers, shake your body, twitch your leg, and soon ▒█░█
█░█▒ enough, most tracks will have you dancing û without ▒█░█
█░█▒ even thinking about it. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ --Wayne Robins (Music Critic & former Senior Review ▒█░█
█░█▒ Editor, Billboard Magazine) ▒█░█
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