When Sloan decided to title their latest album Never Hear the End of It, they apparently meant it literally.

The Haligonian power-popsters' eighth album boasts a K-Telish 30 -- count 'em 30 -- original cuts jammed cheek-by-jowl into 76 minutes. So you can't accuse the boys of skimping on the rock. For the first time in a long time, you can't accuse them of making the same album again either.

After a string of soundalike releases, Never Hear the End of It -- mainly produced by the band themselves in their rehearsal hall -- seems like something of a long-overdue stylistic and sonic breakthrough.

Yes, their sound is still firmly rooted in the crunchy, well-produced Beatlepop that has long been their trademark. But many of these tunes are shorter, simpler, leaner and cleaner -- several sprint by in under a minute -- giving the band some much-needed vibrancy, variety and vitality.

So despite its imposing length, this disc still manages to be Sloan's least forced and most exciting album in years.

If this is their new approach, we don't want to hear the end of it.

Track Listing:

1. Flying High Again
2. Who Taught You To Live Like That?
3. I've Gotta Try
4. Everybody Wants You
5. Listen To The Radio
6. Fading Into Obscurity
7. I Can't Sleep
8. Someone That I Can Be True With
9. Right Or Wrong
10. Something's Wrong
11. Ana Lucia
12. Before The End Of The Race
13. Blackout
14. I Understand
15. You Know What It's About
16. Golden Eyes
17. Can't You Figure It Out?
18. Set In Motion
19. Love Is All Around
20. Will I Belong?
21. Ill Placed Trust
22. Live The Life You're Dreaming Of
23. Living With The Masses
24. HFXNSHC
25. People Think They Know Me
26. I Know You
27. Last Time In Love
28. It's Not The End Of The World
29. Light Years
30. Another Way I Could Do It