Random Spirit Lover

Pitchfork 8.5/10 Between Wolf Parade, Swan Lake, and Frog Eyes, Sunset Rubdown's Spencer Krug may be the most prolific indie rocker this side of Robert Pollard, but you'd never know from this album: Random Spirit Lover may be one of the most toiled-over releases of the year, featuring melodies so architecturally complex and harmoniously joined that the boundaries between them become erased.

A.V. Club B Naming your kid Spencer is a great way to make sure he grows up to be a wimpy indie-rocker. Luckily, Sunset Rubdown's Spencer Krug has been able to parlay his preciousness into charming, dizzying pop that's as sinewy as it is cerebral. The symphonic glam streak Krug brings to his main band, Wolf Parade, is left to…

The Line of Best Fit 9/10 Spencer Krug has to be the hardest working man in the Canadian music scene. And that’s saying something. Not only content in being part of the fantastic Wolf Parade, he’s been a hired gun for Swan Lake, Frog Eyes and Fifths of Seven. Sunset Rubdown was…

Pop Matters 9/10 There will always be an inconclusive argument standing in favor of the ‘60s and ‘70s being the best musical decades of all-time.