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Based on the Best Seller
Rock · 2025 · 12 tracks · 38m

Based on the Best Seller

Sloan

Fourteen albums in, the Canadian power-pop veterans deliver a masterfully balanced set of vintage guitar crunch, jaunty piano hooks, and pristine four-part harmonies.

September 26, 2025 · Yep Roc Records

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A bright, harmony-drenched celebration of power-pop craftsmanship laced with wry, aging-indie-rocker nostalgia.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 38m
01
Capitol Cooler
3:14
02
Dream Destroyer
3:54
03
Open Your Umbrellas
2:12
04
Baxter
2:53
05
Congratulations
2:25
06
Live Forever
3:27
07
So Far Down
2:54
08
Fortune Teller
3:25
09
No Damn Fears
4:22
10
Collect Yourself
2:42
11
Here We Go Again
3:27
12
I Already Know
3:22
Moments Worth Listening For
The transition into the vintage glam-rock pomp of Dream Destroyer, where the guitar crunch hits with theatrical swagger.
The sunny, mid-sixties pop bounce of Open Your Umbrellas, carrying the unmistakable breezy energy of its mid-nineties demo origins.
The layered, ornate vocal harmonies on the bridge of Fortune Teller, evoking classic Brian Wilson arrangements.
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How does Based on the Best Seller sound next to the rest of Sloan's catalogue?

Nostalgia+1.2σ

The writing leans notably further into nostalgia than the rest of the catalogue.

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