The New Pornographers - Continue as a Guest (2023)
The New Pornographers - Continue as a Guest (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 254 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 94 Mb | 00:41:04
Indie Rock | Label: Merge Records
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 254 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 94 Mb | 00:41:04
Indie Rock | Label: Merge Records
Over the past 20 years, The New Pornographers have proven themselves one of themost excellent bands in indie rock. The group’s ninth album and first for Mergeestablishes them alongside modern luminaries like Yo La Tengo and Superchunkwhen it comes to their ability to evolve while still retaining what made them sospecial in the first place. A dazzling and intriguing collection of songs, Continue asa Guest finds bandleader A.C. Newman and his compatriots Neko Case, Kathryn Calder, John Collins, Todd Fancey, and Joe Seiders exploring fresh territory and shattering the barriers of their collective comfort zone.Tracklist:
Newman began work on Continue as a Guest after the band had finished touring behind 2019’s In the Morse Code of Brake Lights. Themes of isolation and collapsebleed into this album, as Newman tackles the ambivalence of day-to-day life duringthe COVID-19 pandemic. But Newman says that Continue as a Guest’s title track also addresses the concerns that come with being in a band for so long. “The idea ofcontinuing as a guest felt apropos to the times,” he explains. “Feeling out of place inculture, in society, being in a band that has been around for so long—not feeling likea part of any zeitgeist, but happy to be separate and living your simple life, your longfade-out. Living in a secluded place in an isolated time, it felt like a positive form ofacceptance: find your own little nowhere, find some space to fall apart, continue as aguest.”
Newman discovered new vocal approaches within his own talent. There are newand rich tones to Newman’s voice throughout Continue as a Guest, from his duskylower register over “Angelcover” to his slippery slide over the glimmering synths of“Firework in the Falling Snow,” to bold tones he embraces on the soaring “Bottle Episodes.” Another sonic change comes courtesy of saxophonist Zach Djanikian,whose tenor and bass luxuriate all over Continue as a Guest’s alluring chassis, especially on the menacing build of “Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies.”
Along with Newman’s usual collaborators, several songwriters contribute. Thebursting opener and first single “Really Really Light” is a co-write with Dan Bejar(Destroyer, the New Pornographers). Then there’s “Firework in the Falling Snow,”a collaboration with Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz and Sad13. “I was feeling like Iwanted some help, so I sent it to Sadie and she sent me back this complete song that had these great lyrics,” Newman says. “She included the line ‘A firework in the falling snow,’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, that’s great.’ Sometimes you need that one thing to center the song, and even though I only used a few lines of hers in the end, I couldn’t have finished it without her.”
Even as Newman embraces a collaborative spirit more than ever, Continue as a Guest is a testament to his ability to discover new artistic sides of himself. “I started out as a songwriter more than as a singer, but at some point, you have to sing your own songs,” he says with a chuckle. “For a long time, I felt like the idea of changing asong because I couldn’t hit a note wasn’t okay—I could just get someone else to singit. But I’m learning now that my songs can actually be a lot more malleable than Ithought.” And it’s in that spirit that Continue as a Guest sounds like a thrilling pathforward for The New Pornographers, with songs that generate a contagious feelingof excitement for the future as well.
01. Really Really Light
02. Pontius Pilate's Home Movies
03. Cat and Mouse With the Light
04. Last and Beautiful
05. Continue as a Guest
06. Bottle Episodes
07. Marie and the Undersea
08. Angelcover
09. Firework in the Falling Snow
10. Wish Automatic Suite
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The New Pornographers / Continue As A Guest
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