Thoughts: For all my bitching and complaining about the Wolf Parade side projects and their inability to match the heights reached on Apologies to the Queen Mary, I actually really enjoy Spencer Krug as a musician and most of what he does with Sunset Rubdown. Their latest album, Dragonslayer, is a return to form after the lackluster Random Spirit Lover. The songs here bristle with a renewed sense of energy and passion, the songwriting is crisp, and even Krug’s unique vocals are more focused then they have been in the past. Songs like the first single, "Idiot Heart", and "You Go Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)" are some of the finest pieces of music Krug has ever written, and the increased presence of Camilla Ingr’s backing vocals brings a greater range of depth to the entire album. It’s still not on par with Apologies…, but at this point I think I have to resign myself to realizing that that was one of those albums that will never been equalled. Spencer is a prolific songwriter so there are going to be down moments here and there, but so far Dragonslayer may just be his most complete effort to date.