Spencer Krug, of Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown, released his solo album, Same Fangs, on May 15th. This album followed a resurgence in interest in his and Wolf Parade’s music after Crave’s Heated Rivalry used their song, “I’ll Believe in Anything,” as the needle-drop moment in the first season’s penultimate episode.

Krug, having hand-selected the track list from his Patreon’s Song-of-the-Month series, from 2024 to 2025, recorded the album over the course of a week on Gabriola Island at The Noise Floor studio in British Columbia. Throughout the album, Krug explores themes of family, the end of friendships, and what it can mean to be creative in 2026.

Same Fang opens with “Get to Live,” a nostalgic track with simple lyrics about having to live with yourself and your choices. The song begins with an editorial voice note about tracks on the album. The following song, “Hasn’t It Always,” is a more reflective piece about growing older and thinking about the past. It is one of the stand out tracks on the album, adding to its almost cinematic mood. “List of Names” is a reflective piece about how bitterness towards lost friends can spiral.

There is almost a narrative throughout the album about the several attempts at writing a song named “Listening to Music in Cars” for Sunset Rubdown in the tracks “Timebomb” and “Listening to Music in Cars 2.5 (All the Tired Horses),” the latter of which having lush strings and the layered backing vocals. It adds a layer of cohesiveness to the album that otherwise feels like an anthology of nostalgia and experience.

Features from artists like Elbow Face, Jordan Koop and Maria Grigoryeva are welcome bonuses, and they were able to write their own contributions to the songs, adding a more fleshed out feeling to some of the songs on the album.

The album as a whole is intensely sentimental and reflective on lost friendships and life as a touring musician, good to listen to when you want to think back.