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The New Pornographers: Continue As A Guest

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On March 31, 2023, “Merge” label released “Continue as a Guest”, the ninth New Pornographers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by A. C. Newman.

Personnel:

  • Neko Case – lead vocals
  • A. C. Newman – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, recording, mixing
  • Todd Fancey – guitar, engineer
  • Kathryn Calder – vocals, keyboards, engineer
  • John Collins – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, engineer
  • Joe Seiders – drums, vocals, engineer
  • Paul Rigby – pedal steel guitar
  • Zach Djanikian – soprano and tenor, saxophone, guitar, bass guitar, engineer
  • Jeff Galegher – engineer
  • D. James Goodwin – engineer
  • Pete Caigan – recording assistant
  • Lee Falco – recording assistant
  • Pete Hanlon – mixing
  • Matthew Barnhart – mastering
  • Amy Casey – cover
  • Daniel Murphy – design, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by A. C. Newman, except where noted.

  1. Really Really Light – A. C. Newman, Dan Bejar
  2. Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies
  3. Cat and Mouse with the Light
  4. Last and Beautiful
  5. Continue as a Guest
  6. Bottle Episodes
  7. Marie and the Undersea
  8. Angelcover
  9. Firework in the Falling Snow – A.C. Newman, Sadie Dupuis
  10. Wish Automatic Suite

Destroyer: Destroyer’s Rubies

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On February 21, 2006, “Merge” label released “Destroyer’s Rubies”, the seventh Destroyer studio album. It was recorded May – July 2005, at “JC/DC Studios” in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by John Collins and David Carswell.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, acoustic and rhythm guitar, tambourine
  • Nicolas Bragg – lead guitar
  • Ted Bois – piano, organ
  • Tim Loewen – bass
  • Scott Morgan – drums, baritone saxophone
  • Fisher Rose – vibraphone, trumpet
  • David Carswell – recording, mixing
  • John Collins – recording, mixing
  • Jamie Sitar – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Bejar.

  1. Rubies
  2. Your Blood
  3. European Oils
  4. Painter In Your Pocket
  5. Looter’s Follies
  6. 3000 Flowers
  7. A Dangerous Woman Up to a Point
  8. Priest’s Knees
  9. Watercolours into the Ocean
  10. Sick Priest Learns to Last Forever

Destroyer: Kaputt

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On January 25, 2011, “Merge” and “Dead Oceans” labels released “Kaputt”, the ninth Destroyer album. It was recorded 2008 – 2010, at “JC/DC Studios” in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by John Collins and David Carswell.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, guitar, tambourine, piano
  • Nocolas Bragg – lead guitar
  • Ted Bois – keyboards, cover photography
  • Joseph Shabason – saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • JP Carter – trumpet
  • John Collins – bass
  • Joshua Wells – drums
  • Sibel Trasher – vocal
  • John Collins – engineer
  • Cady Bean-Smith – design

Track listing:

  1. Chinatown
  2. Blue Eyes
  3. Savage Night at the Opera
  4. Suicide Demo for Kara Walker
  5. Poor in Love
  6. Kaputt
  7. Downtown
  8. Song for America
  9. Prelude (Estuary)
  10. Nagel’s Marimba
  11. The Laziest River
  12. Palm Springs Life
  13. Landing on Water
  14. Bay of Pigs (Detail)

Destroyer: Labyrynthitis

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On March 25, 2022, “Merge Records” and “Bella Union” labels released “Labyrinthitis”, the thirteenth Destroyer studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by John Collins.

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, synthesizer, guitar
  • John Collins – bass, synthesizer, guitar, drum programming, mixing
  • Nicolas Bragg – guitar
  • David Carswell – guitar
  • Ted Bois – piano, synthesizer, photography
  • Joshua Wells – drums, percussion
  • JP Carter – trumpet
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Sydney Hermant – cover painting
  • Daniel Murphy – design

Track listing:

  1. It’s in Your Heart Now
  2. Suffer
  3. June
  4. All My Pretty Dresses
  5. Tintoretto, It’s for You
  6. Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread
  7. It Takes a Thief
  8. The States
  9. The Last Song

The New Pornographers: In the Morse Code of Brake Lights

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On September 27, 2019, “Concord” label released “In the Morse Code of Brake Lights”, the eighth New Pornographers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by A. C. Newman.

Personnel:

  • A.C. Newman – vocals, guitar
  • Neko Case – vocals
  • Blaine Thurier – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Todd Fancey – lead guitar
  • Kathryn Calder – vocals, keyboards, guitar
  • Simi Stone – violin, vocals, percussion
  • John Collins – bass
  • Joe Seiders – drums, vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by A. C. Newman except where noted.

  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 – A.C. Newman, Dan Bejar
  9. Opening Ceremony
  10. One Kind of Solomon
  11. Leather on the Seat

Destroyer: Have We Met

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On January 31, 2020, “Dead Oceans” label released “Have We Met”, the twelve Destroyer album. It was recorded in 2019 and was produced by John Collins.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, synthesizer
  • Nicolas Bragg – guitar
  • John Collins – bass, synthesizer, drum programming, granular synthesis, mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Maegan Hill-Carroll – front and back cover photos, design

Track listing:

  1. Crimson Tide
  2. Kinda Dark
  3. It Just Doesn’t Happen
  4. The Television Music Supervisor
  5. The Raven
  6. Cue Synthesizer
  7. University Hill
  8. Have We Met
  9. The Man in Blak’s Blues
  10. Foolssong

The New Pornographers: Mass Romantic

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On November 21, 2000, “Mint” label released “Mass Romantic”, the debut New Pornographers (The) studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 2000, and was produced by John Collins and David Carswell.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, multi-instruments, Korg synthesizer, pipe organ, Wurlitzer
  • Neko Case – vocals
  • John Collins – bass, engineer
  • Kurt Dahle – vocals, drums
  • Carl Newman – vocals, Korg synthesizer, pipe organ, Wurlitzer
  • Fisher Rose – drums
  • Blaine Thurier – keyboards
  • Davidian Chorley – saxophone
  • Bill Anderson – photography
  • Shannon Oksanen – photography

Track listing:

All truck by A.C. Newman, except where noted.

  1. Mass Romantic – Neko Case, A. C. Newman
  2. The Fake Headlines
  3. The Slow Descent into Alcoholism
  4. Mystery Hours
  5. Jackie – Dan Bejar
  6. Letter from an Occupant – Neko Case
  7. To Wild Homes – Dan Bejar, Case, Newman
  8. The Body Says No
  9. Execution Day – Dan Bejar
  10. Centre for Holy Wars
  11. The Mary Martin Show
  12. Breakin’ the Law – Dan Bejar

The New Pornographers: Challengers

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On August 21, 2017, “Last Gang Records” label released “Challengers”, the fourth New Pornographers studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “The Seaside Lounge” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Phil Palazzolo, John Collins, and A. C. Newman.

Personnel:

  • C.Newman– vocals, guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, Casio, mandolin, percussion, bass melodion, bass
  • Blaine Thurier– Fender Rhodes, sampler
  • Dan Bejar– vocals, shakers, guitar, piano
  • John Collins– bass, baritone guitar, glockenspiel, mandolin, guitars, Casio, tambourine
  • Kathryn Calder– vocals, piano, Wurlitzer
  • Kurt Dahle– vocals, drums, percussion
  • Neko Case– vocals
  • Todd Fancey– guitars, banjo, mandolin
  • Brendan Ryan – accordion, French horn, trumpet
  • Leslie Kubicka – flute, piccolo
  • Alan Hampton – double bass
  • Eileen Gannon – harp
  • Olivier Manchon – violin
  • Tara Szczygielski – violin
  • Marla Hansen – viola
  • Benjamin D. Calb – cello
  • Howard Redekopp- mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by A. C. Newman, except where noted.

  1. My Rights Versus Yours
  2. All the Old Showstoppers
  3. Challengers
  4. Myriad Harbour – Dan Bejar
  5. All the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth
  6. Failsafe
  7. Unguided
  8. Entering White Cecilia – Dan Bejar
  9. Go Places
  10. Mutiny, I Promise You
  11. Adventures in Solitude
  12. The Spirit of Giving – Dan Bejar

The New Pornofraphers: Electric Version

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On May 6, 2003, “Mint” and “Matador” labels released “Electric Version”, the second New Pornographers (The) studio album. It was recorded November 2001 – October 2002, and was produced by Neko Case, John Collins, Todd Fancey, Carl Newman, Blaine Thurier, Dan Bejar and Kurt Dahle.

Personnel:

  • Carl Newman– vocals, guitar, keyboards, melodeon
  • Neko Case– vocals
  • John Collins– bass, baritone guitar, keyboards
  • Blaine Thurier– keyboards
  • Kurt Dahle– drums, percussion, vocals, double bass
  • Todd Fancey– guitar, keyboards
  • Dan Bejar – vocals
  • Nora O’Connor– additional vocals
  • Tim Sars – saxophone
  • Monica Cattaway – violin
  • Nyla Rainey – cello
  • Howard Redekopp- engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Carl Newman, except where noted.

  1. The Electric Version
  2. From Blown Speakers
  3. The Laws Have Changed
  4. The End of Medicine
  5. Loose Translation
  6. Chump Change – Dan Bejar
  7. All for Swinging You Around
  8. The New Face of Zero and One
  9. Testament to Youth in Verse – Dan Bejar
  10. It’s Only Divine Right
  11. Ballad of a Comeback Kid – Dan Bejar
  12. July Jones
  13. Miss Teen Wordpower

 

The New Pornographers: Together

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On May 4, 2010, “Last Gang” label released “Together”, the fifth New Pornographers studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Phil Palazzolo. Dan Bejar, Kathryn Calder, Neko Case, John Collins, Kurt Dahle, Tod Fancey and A.C.Newman.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar- vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, vibraphone, percussion
  • Kathryn Calder- vocals, keyboards, piano
  • Neko Case- vocals
  • John Collins- bass, acoustic guitar, keyboards,  kaossilator, Hagstrom 12 string
  • Kurt Dahle- drums, percussion
  • Todd Fancey- guitar, banjo
  • A. C. Newman- vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, banjo
  • Blaine Thurier– keyboards
  • Annie Clark- guitar solo
  • Zach Condon- trumpet
  • The Dap-Kings Horns
  • Cochemea Gastelum – baritone saxophone
  • Neal Sugarman – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Dave Guy – trumpet
  • Tara Szczygielski – violin
  • Ben Kalb – cello
  • Will Sheff– backing vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Carl Newman, except where noted.

  1. Moves
  2. Crash Years
  3. Your Hands (Together)
  4. Silver Jenny Dollar – Dan Bejar
  5. Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk
  6. My Shepherd
  7. If You Can’t See My Mirrors – Dan Bejar
  8. Up in the Dark
  9. Valkyrie in the Roller Disco
  10. A Bite Out of My Bed
  11. Daughters of Sorrow – Dan Bejar
  12. We End Up Together