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THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS’ IN THE MORSE CODE OF BRAKE LIGHTS OUT SEPTEMBER 27 VIA COLLECTED WORKS/CONCORD RECORDS
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ON TOUR NOW IN NORTH AMERICA
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Critically acclaimed group The New Pornographers debut “The Surprise Knock” today. The track is the second single from the group’s highly anticipated new album, In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights, due September 27 via the band’s own Collected Work Records imprint in partnership with Concord Records.
Frontperson and songwriter A.C. Newman says, “‘The Surprise Knock’ had a different feel when we first recorded it — and I wouldn’t mind releasing that version at some point. But as I was listening to it, I thought, ‘Why don’t we play this song like New Pornographers 2005?’ Then we just replayed it with that feel. I thought enough time has passed that I feel like I can play songs that sort of sound like a classic a sound and not feel like I’m repeating myself, because it’s been so long. That was definitely a part of it: just wanting to...I hate to say ‘get back,’ but just get more slightly raucous and sounding more like a band.”
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The band recently premiered the first single, “Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile”, from the new album, which Stereogum dubbed “candy-coated power-pop.”
The band is set to tour North America this fall in support of the new record. Tickets are available for purchase at thenewpornographers.com. See below for a complete itinerary.
“I was about two-thirds of the way through the record when I began to notice that lyrically so much of it was pointing toward car songs,” notes Newman. “The opening track is ‘You’ll Need a Backseat Driver’, and that was a metaphor that seemed to be running through other songs, too. Next to the love song, I feel like the car song is one of the most iconic kinds of songs in pop music, from Chuck Berry to the present. There was so much of that throughout it that I started thinking: ‘Oh, no, there’s too many references to cars on this record!’ And then I thought, ‘No, that's good—people might think it’s a concept album.’”
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The New Pornographers have released seven studio albums to date including their most recent, Whiteout Conditions. The first album released on their own imprint, Collected Works Records, in partnership with Concord Records, the album received widespread acclaim and was hailed as “rich with new wave synths and closely blended harmonies” by Pitchfork, while Rolling Stone praised its “uplifting three to four minute indie-pop numbers, imbued with lush vocals.”
IN THE MORSE CODE OF BRAKE LIGHTS
1. You’ll Need A Backseat Driver
2. The Surprise Knock
3. Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile
4. Colossus Of Rhodes
5. Higher Beams
6. Dreamlike And On The Rush
7. You Won’t Need Those Where You’re Going
8. Need Some Giants
9. Opening Ceremony
10. One Kind Of Solomon
11. Leather On The Seat
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS LIVE
Sep 19 - Woodstock, NY - Levon Helm Studios
Sep 20 – Vankleek Hill, ON – Beau’s Oktoberfest
Sep 27 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
Sep 28 - Urbana, IL - Pygmalion Music Festival
Sep 29 - Columbia, MO - Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival
Oct 1 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
Oct 2 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
Oct 3 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
Nov 4 - Boston, MA - Royale
Nov 5 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Nov 7 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
Nov 8 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
Nov 10 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
Nov 11 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
Nov 12 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
Tickets at thenewpornographers.com
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