L and A. Two letters, emblematic of the city's two different psyches: paradise found, innocence lost. It's the city of angels, but a breeding ground for the devil's music. It's home to Disneyland and the porn industry, the place that spawned both The Beach Boys and Charles Manson. It was a strange karmic coincidence that Sloan found themselves recording their seventh album there: like L.A., Sloan are the sum of their own dualities.