Album: People Are Different
Rating: 3/5
Label: Sonic Unyon Records
Their first album in eight years, Canadian music scene mainstays The Wooden Stars are back for another go around the bend. Not much is really new here, but The Wooden Stars themselves have always been different enough already that they don’t really need to reinvent themselves on every song. For the older fan, it’s all here: time signature shifts, melodic indie beats, and bouncy guitars. That said, the Wooden Stars aren’t about to make any new fans with this record, and they certainly aren’t breaking any of the new ground in a similar manner to what they did when first arriving on the scene in the 1990’s.This, however, isn’t all that bad: the best songs on this record see them retreading older ground and following a familiar path. “Microphone” is truly a stellar achievement, as its pounding guitars combined with Mike Feuerstack’s oddly sincere-sounding singing voice provide a retread of the elements that have The Wooden Stars so influential in the first place. “Blackouts” achieves a similar result using a different method. The band achieves less success elsewhere, as other tracks range from boring to uninteresting. The Wooden Stars, nevertheless, show that they still have it.
Standout Tracks: 2, 3, 4, 8. Now Playing on CHMA 106.9 FM.
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