Dan Boeckner

Pedal-wise Boeckner is a big fan of EarthQuaker Devices, with their Disaster Transport getting a decent workout on Thin Mind, but it’s his Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water that he feels made the biggest impact on the LP’s sound. It pops up on almost every track and, again reinforcing that Wolf Parade give and take, was employed to play off Krug’s shift towards FM digital synth sounds redolent of mid-period Depeche Mode.

"Night Wire is a reactive tremolo/envelope follower that’s super expressive."

"Utility distortion pedal. Replaced my high school era Boss Orange Distortion years ago."

At 11:17 in this video, you can see Dan using the Lastgasp Tone Axe. The 3 black knobs have gone missing, but the pedal can also be seen on an earlier version of Dan's pedalboard seen here: http://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/forum/guitar/acapella-29/1690715-

"Maybe the weirdest pedal I have. It goes at the front of the chain because it’s basically a synthesizer. Essentially makes grinding, early Devo synth fuzz. I love it and have to restrain myself from keeping it on constantly."

"Transmisser...is beautiful and makes everything sound like the seasick keys on Joy Division's Closer."

"Does a great job of emulating this old analog CE-02 that’s on its last legs and no longer tour worthy."

"I think I’ve owned over 50 of these things in my lifetime. The most meat and potatoes tuner. Can confirm you can spill a full tall can of Tecate on it and it will continue to accurately track pitch."

At 11:17 of this video, you can see Dan using the Boss CE-2 chorus. It is distinguished by the 2 knobs (the CE-3 has 3 knobs) and the single output jack (the CE-2W has dual outputs).

At 11:17 of this video, you can see Dan using the Boss DD-20

"New addition. Really diseased sounding, grindy fuzz that goes from saggy and strange to Eno like and needle-y."

"This thing...is a glittery pitch shifting, mellotron like organ emulator that makes weird sonic hellscapes when you overload it with fuzz from the Data Corruptor."

"Kind of a Swiss Army knife of delay and reverb. I use the reverse setting with the mix all the way up for Kissing the Beehive and when psychedelic Byrdsian freak outs are needed."

Pedal-wise Boeckner is a big fan of EarthQuaker Devices, with their Disaster Transport getting a decent workout on Thin Mind, but it’s his Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water that he feels made the biggest impact on the LP’s sound. It pops up on almost every track and, again reinforcing that Wolf Parade give and take, was employed to play off Krug’s shift towards FM digital synth sounds redolent of mid-period Depeche Mode.

At 2:06 of this video, you can see Dan using the Moog MF108M Cluster Flux.

At 11:17 of this video, you can see Dan using the EHX Micro POG

"Has a nice drive section...nothing super special...just a solid delay."

In an Instagram post by Dan Boeckner, he is seen using the Chase Bliss Audio MOOD MKII pedal as part of his touring setup. The post is captioned "Most compact touring jam set up yet" and includes a photo showing the pedal. The image was shared by Boeckner on March 21, 2024.

In an Instagram post by @wolfparadefans, Dan Boeckner mentions that he uses the Ribbons pedal.