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• Artist: Wooden Stars
• Album: People Are Different
• Label: Sonic Unyon
• Year of Release: 2007
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2007-04-19

It's been a while since the Wooden Stars have raised their wonderful head but this year we are lucky enough to get a new album from the Ottawa-based band. I think it is the right time too because their sound would fit into the alt.rock landscape perfectly now. Previously they were much further ahead of the scene but now that the scene is catching up to them People Are Different just might make people take notice of this wonderfully talented band.

People Are Different is a wonderful album who's charms show through upon the first close listen. Wooden Stars come off as a simple band but there is a lot of intricate work going on with these songs. On the surface they seem just like simple indie-pop songs but there is some angularity with a lot of them. Take "Gold Dust" for instance, I really couldn't tell you what time signature the song starts out in. It shifts to a more accessible one right after the intro. This is a beautiful song.

The album opens with a straight ahead song called "Orphans" that really sets a high marker for the rest of the album. But they easily trump that one with the best song on the album, "Pretty Girl", a lovely driving song with some pretty slick playing on it.

I think it is the chimy guitars that really stand out as signature Wooden Stars on this album. The guitars really pull together to create a different, unusual but accessible album.

If you like your pop music a little complicated then check out the Wooden Stars comeback, People Are Different. This is a great album.

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