The New Pornographers

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4...according to our Brian on Thu 29 Apr, 2010.

The New Pornographers return with album number 5. Featuring a rotating cast built around the nucleus of A.C. Newman, this collection relies on a clean anthemic mellow rock sound with an occasional country or glam twist & strong 70s FM radio leanings. With the slinky bolshy vocals of star-in-her-own-right Neko Case being the main draw for me, you can sure tell these folk are seasoned pros at the whole "college rock" game, writing catchy, expertly layered tune after tune. The kind of album I'm always totally happy to have on in the background, its lack of confrontational bite leaves me unchallenged but strangely bouyant.

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• The band’s fifth full-length album, it was produced by the band and Phil Palazzolo and recorded in Vancouver, Brooklyn, Woodstock and Catskill, NY.

• The 12-track album is comprised of nine A.C. Newman songs and three Dan Bejar numbers and features the eight-person lineup of Carl Newman, Dan Bejar, John Collins, Neko Case, Kurt Dahle, Kathryn Calder, Todd Fancey & Blaine Thurier.

• The album also features additional musicians including Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Zach Condon (Beirut), Will Sheff (Okkervil River) and the Dap-Kings Horns.

• Formed in 1997 in Vancouver Canada, the band’s last album, ‘Challengers’, was released in 2007.

Moves * The Crash Years * Your Hands (Together) * Silver Jenny Dollar * Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk * My Shepherd * If You Can’t See My Mirrors * Up In The Dark * Valkyrie In The Roller Disco * A Bite Out Of My Bed * Daughters Of Sorrow * We End Up Together

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