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“Pure, blissfully irresistible power-pop…its catalog just gets more formidable.” - NPR
“AC Newman and Neko Case don’t miss a beat…power-pop with quirky synth accents from a collective that hasn’t faltered yet.” - New York
“The New Pornographers are the best pop band in the world today.” - BuzzFeed
“…songs suited for big rooms, all huge choruses and shimmering synthesizers.” - Billboard
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In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights, the highly anticipated new album from critically acclaimed group The New Pornographers, is out now via the band’s own Collected Work Records imprint in partnership with Concord Records.
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In celebration of the album, the band is adding a number of dates to their U.S. tour. See below for a complete itinerary, tickets are available for purchase at thenewpornographers.com.
Most recently the band premiered the tracks “One Kind of Solomon”, “The Surprise Knock”, and the video for “Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile” directed Mitchell deQuilettes. Upon the album’s announcement, Stereogum raved that the “power-pop all-star team are back in action” while hailing the “long-running power-pop army of melodically gifted mostly-Canadians.” SPIN praised “One Kind of Solomon” as “a chaotic arena-rock number, with heavy drums immediately reminiscent of bands like U2 and Arcade Fire. Soon enough, shimmering guitars and keyboards peak through a wall-of-sound mix mostly composed of multi-tracked drums and vocals.”
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“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 A.C. 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.’”
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 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 - Saxaphaw, NC - Haw River Ballroom
Nov 11 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
Nov 12 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
Nov 14 - North Adams, MA - Mass MoCA
Jan 30 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre
Jan 31 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
Feb 3 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre
Feb 4 - San Diego, CA - North Park Theatre
Feb 5 - Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom
Feb 6 - Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf
Feb 8 - Dallas, TX - Canton Hall
Feb 9 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
Feb 10 - Austin, TX - Emo's
Feb 11 - Oklahoma City, OK - Tower Theatre
Feb 12 - Kansas City, MO - The Truman
Feb 13 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
Feb 15 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
Feb 16 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
Tickets at thenewpornographers.com
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