Hooded Fang Album is a slice of hipster-heaven from the Toronto-based seven piece collective Hooded Fang (and their laundry list of guest players). While the band itself is very capable of hitting the studio and cranking out an album that comes loadedwithpraisefrom some trusted critics, it just fails to reach out and grab the listener. As an entire work it feels shallow and over indulgent, it’s an album that dissipates the moment the stop button is pressed, there are moments where you can hear shades of Vampire Weekend and the National, but never once can you hear the soul of Hooded Fang and that’s a shame.