The New Pornographers Announce New LP 'Continue As A Guest', Share Opening Track
Monday, 09 January 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
The New Pornographers have announced their ninth studio album.
The follow-up to 2019's 'In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights' is called 'Continue As A Guest' and is scheduled to arrive on March 31 via the Canadian band's new label home on Merge Records.
Recorded at leader Carl Newman's studio in New York, the LP is previewed by the lead single, Really Really Light, a hooky, rhythm-driven track. It was co-written with frequent collaborator Dan Bejar, originally for 2014's 'Brill Bruisers' LP. It’s the only song with a Bejar credit on the record.
Head below to view the single's Christian Cerezo-directed video. Newman commented:
"Part of my process throughout the years has been messing with things I never finished. I really liked Dan’s chorus, and for a while I was just trying to write something that I felt like belonged with it. I was thinking of the Aloe Blacc song The Man which interpolated the chorus from Elton John’s Your Song and thought it would be fun to interpolate a song that no one knows. Not trying to sound like Aloe Blacc, just doing some interpolating of my own. It became a game of writing a verse that felt like a part of the same song. In my mind, I was striving for a little Jeff Lynne–era Tom Petty, a classic go-to."
Another song on the record, Firework In The Falling Snow, was co-penned with Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz.
The New Pornographers will support their new album with a spring North American tour, on which they'll be joined by special guests Wild Pink. Head below for a full list of dates. Tickets go on general sale at 10am on January 13.
'Continue As A Guest' tracklist:
1. Really Really Light
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
10. Wish Automatic Suite
The New Pornographers Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed April 19 2023 - ASHEVILLE North Carolina - Indoor Stage At Salvage Station (USA)
Thu April 20 2023 - ATLANTA Georgia - Variety Playhouse (USA)
Fri April 21 2023 - NEW ORLEANS Louisiana - Tipitinas (USA)
Sat April 22 2023 - HOUSTON Texas - White Oak Music Hall - Downstairs (USA)
Sun April 23 2023 - DALLAS Texas - Studio at the Factory (USA)
Tue April 25 2023 - AUSTIN Texas - Paramount (USA)
Wed April 26 2023 - OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma - Tower Theatre (USA)
Thu April 27 2023 - ST LOUIS Missouri - Sheldon Concert Hall (USA)
Fri April 28 2023 - OMAHA Nebraska - Waiting Room Lounge - NE (USA)
Sat April 29 2023 - KANSAS CITY Missouri - Truman (USA)
Sun April 30 2023 - ENGLEWOOD Colorado - Gothic Theatre (USA)
Wed May 03 2023 - SAINT PAUL Minnesota - Fitzgerald Theater (USA)
Thu May 04 2023 - MILWAUKEE Wisconsin - Turner Hall Ballroom (USA)
Fri May 05 2023 - CHICAGO Illinois - Thalia Hall (USA)
Sat May 06 2023 - CHICAGO Illinois - Thalia Hall (USA)
Mon May 08 2023 - CINCINNATI Ohio - Anderson Theater At Cincinnati Memorial Hall (USA)
Tue May 09 2023 - COLUMBUS Ohio - Newport Music Hall (USA)
Thu May 11 2023 - DETROIT Michigan - El Club (USA)
Fri May 12 2023 - TORONTO Ontario - Danforth Music Hall Theatre (Canada)
Sat May 13 2023 - SOUTH BURLINGTON Vermont - Higher Ground (USA)
Sun May 14 2023 - NORWALK Connecticut - Wall Street Theater - Norwalk (USA)
Mon May 15 2023 - BOSTON Massachusetts - Royale (USA)
Wed May 17 2023 - BROOKLYN New York - Brooklyn Steel (USA)
Thu May 18 2023 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Union Transfer (USA)
Fri May 19 2023 - WASHINGTON District Of Columbia - 9:30 Club (USA)
Sun May 21 2023 - SAXAPAHAW North Carolina - Haw River Ballroom (USA)
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