![]() ![]() The tale gets most grim in the chorus, but pivots on the natural buoyancy of Case’s voice. On Whiteout Conditions’ title track, his high, hardy vocals nudge out ahead of the busy synths and chipper drums to recall a depressive episode he recounts days spent falling into a resentful hermitude, turning from windowpanes, before clawing his way back toward the light (a sunny day literally helps kick him out of inertia). The balancing act is most apparent in the presence of the default lead Pornographer, Newman, a man who’s earned both a chuckle and our deepest condolences for sticking to this band name for nearly two decades. The color white may reflect light, but it doesn’t absorb it. This, plus a singularly bright and skipping tempo, creates an almost forcibly energetic mix-but like any 1980s production worth its salt, it betrays a deeper well of desolation. The album also largely discards lead vocals in favor of closely blended harmonies, the type that practically huddle in their team spirit. Newman, Neko Case, and Dan Bejar’s considerable individual fame.) Whiteout Conditions packs the most blanket pep of the power-pop group’s seven albums, dense with that particular new wave brand of electronic two-for-one-insistent, tinny arpeggio synths pinpricking rich, sweeping base chords. (They still shrug off that they’re a “ supergroup” despite A.C. Retrieved April 18, 2017.So it’s notable that, as the New Pornographers inch ever-closer to the sound of a John Hughes soundtrack, they prove to be almost apologetically devoid of vanity themselves. ^ "The New Pornographers Chart History ( Billboard 200)".^ "The New Pornographers Chart History (Canadian Albums)".^ "Gord Downie, Tragically Hip both make cut as Polaris Prize long list revealed"."The New Pornographers Soar and Conor Oberst Grows Up: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". ^ a b Christgau, Robert (April 7, 2017)."The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions". ![]() ^ "The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions"."Album reviews: Father John Misty – Pure Comedy, Jamiroquai – Automaton, Imelda May – Life Love Flesh Blood, and more". "The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions review – euphoric powerpop pile-up". "The New Pornographers' computer blues are missing a crucial component on Whiteout Conditions". "Whiteout Conditions – The New Pornographers". ![]()
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