Oh those wily Canadians and their Indie-Rock Supergroups! First came The New Pornographers with the likes of Neko Case, Destroyer's Dan Bejar and Zumpano's A.C. Newman joining forces back in 2000. Then came the emergence of Broken Social Scene a year later, which featured Indie starlets such as Feist, Emily Haines from Metric and assorted members of Apostle of Hustle and Valley of the Giants. Now comes another in the form of Swan Lake.

Swan Lake is none other than Dan Bejar (mentioned in above other bands), Spencer Krug from last years salivated upon band Wolf Parade and this years as equally salivated upon Sunset Rubdown and Carey Mercer who fronts the not as well known Frog Eyes. Fans of Destroyer's Your Blues album a few years back will remember that Frog Eyes actually backed Bejar for that outing, so it's not such a surprise that Mercer would be involved in the proceedings here. For those that are curious as to what kind of noise these three equally talented front men would make, it's actually a smattering of all three types of previously said bands thrown into a blender.

Sometimes it works to the gills, such as the acoustic reverb of the Krug led "All Fires" or the four track stylings of the Bejar helmed "The Freedom." The crazy shoo-wop style by Mercer lent to "The Partisan But He's Got To Know" even works in its own weird sort of way. But sometimes aspects of Beast Moans feels like it was meant for just the parties involved; kind of a like an inside joke that listeners aren't going to get. The opener "Widow's Walk" and the meandering closer "Shooting Rockets" are the biggest culprits of not being particularly engaging for those on the outside. But if you consider yourself a fan of any of the three bands these members belong to, Swan Lake surely will be a welcome addition into your or any Indie-Rock purists collection.