Spencer Krug - The Next Hardest Working Man in The Biz?

Spencer Krug is a songwriting-powerhouse, and we just can't get enough. Wolf Parade's popularity has allowed the band's co-writer to fire off his creative juices in places he just couldn't reach if it weren't for the Parade. Sunset Rubdown was Krug's songwriting showcased and distilled in fallen angel sing-alongs. The result was a disquieting work that matched, if not surpassed Wolf Parade. And, let's not forget Krug was one of the founding members of Frog Eyes, who he recently performed with during a Rubdown/Eyes tour.

Now, Krug brings us Swan Lake, a supergroup made up of the man himself, Daniel Bejar of Destroyer, and Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes. Three of pop rock's most mutated and delightfully disturbing songwriters couldn't possibly present us with anything short of breathtaking. We all know the supergroup is always a swell idea in theory, but usually stutters with a clash of ideas. VH1's favorite reality show produced the great supergroup model, Damnation. When an idea is the birth child of the dollar bill, whether it’s conscious or not, the music is the first to suffer, and then the listener (as is the case with Damnation). We can all comfortably say that Swan Lake is nothing of the sort, but will their visions clash? Sure, their music lives in the same village, and, though their houses are made of similar materials, they are structured differently and come in different colors. I guess we'll have to wait to hear.

Not for too long, at least. The album, Beast Moans is said to be released on November 21 by label, Jagjaguwar. Three songs have already been tagged with the songwriter. The tracklist goes somein' like this:

1. Widow's Walk
2. Nubile Days (written by Krug)
3. City Calls
4. A Venue Called Rubella
5. All Fires
6. The Partisan But He's Got To Know (written by Mercer)
7. The Freedom
8. Petersburg, Liberty Theater, 1914
9. The Pollenated Girls
10. Bluebird
11. Pleasure Vessels
12. Are You Swimming In Her Pools?
13. Shooting Rockets (written by Bejar)