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Article: Everything they've done right: how Sloan shook it up to make Action Pact the real deal.(sound fx)(band member Chris Murphy comments)
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- What Magazine
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- September 1, 2003
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Ladies and gentlemen, Sloan have arrived. And armed with their new album, Action Pact, they are quite well prepared to rock.
Pumped full of heavy hooks and sassy songwriting, the latest addition to the Sloan catalogue breaks the chains that had been confining the direction and mentality of the band's musical approach. Such an accomplishment could not have come without an outside influence.
"We've made music with so much autonomy for so long," says bassist/vocalist Chris Murphy, "so it's interesting to have somebody help out with the song selection."
Murphy speaks of none other than producer Tom Rothrock (Beck), the man entrusted with choosing ...