> From: "S. Kelly Sears" <sksears@eps.mcgill.ca>
> Sloan’s latest release, Action Pact, will be available in Canada on
> Tuesday, August 19th. More details and samples can be had at
> www.sloanmusic.com <http://www.sloanmusic.com/> or
> www.vikrecordings.com/sloan/actionpact/index.html
> <http://www.vikrecordings.com/sloan/actionpact/index.html>.

Although I've only listened to it a few times so far, I am terribly
disappointed in the new Sloan. It is all hard rock ala AC/DC and April Wine,
there are no songs by their drummer Andrew Scott, and even jay Ferguson's
songs are hard rockers. There is one song in particular, I can't remember
the name right now but it is a Patrick Pentland song, that is just
atrocious.

I'm not just slagging the band, I've been a big fan since Smeared and their
album Twice Removed is one of my favourite Canadian records of all-time. I
really want to like the new one, but it's not happening. Not yet anyway.

I don't know if a US label has been found for the album yet either.

Sean Palmerston