The New Pornographers' 'Whiteout Conditions' Out Today

By: Apr. 07, 2017
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Whiteout Conditions, the highly anticipated new album from acclaimed supergroup The New Pornographers, is out today. The first release on the band's own Collected Works Records imprint in partnership with Concord Records, Whiteout Conditions is the subject of early critical praise.

The band will celebrate the new album with a world tour that kicks off on April 12 at Los Angeles' Theatre at the Ace Hotel. After headlining venues throughout the U.S. and Europe, the group joins Spoon in select cities this summer. Tickets for all headlining U.S. shows include a free download of the new album; see below for a complete list of dates.

Of writing the new record, founder and frontman A.C. Newman notes that, "At the beginning of this record, there was some thinking that we wanted it to be like a Krautrock Fifth Dimension. Of course, our mutated idea of what Krautrock is probably doesn't sound like Krautrock at all. But we were thinking: Let's try and rock in a different way." Newman recently discussed the new record and the band's 18-year career in a pair of Salon Talks

here and here.
Since their debut in 2000, The New Pornographers have released six studio albums including their most recent, Brill Bruisers, hailed as an "exuberant, synthpop-infused set" by Rolling Stone, "infectious" by Harper's Bazaar and "the grand and purposeful hookfest that you would hope these guys would come back with" by Stereogum. Pitchfork went on to note that "with the futurist sound of Brill Bruisers, the whole band embraces a more electric version of itself-bulked-up in chrome-plated armor, firing on all cylinders, and ready to steamroll anything in its path." The band celebrated the release with a special NPR Music "First Listen Live" concert at the legendary Brill Building, and performed songs from the album on both "Conan" and the "Late Show with David Letterman."
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
1. Play Money
2. Whiteout Conditions
3. High Ticket Attractions
4. This is the World of the Theater
5. Darling Shade
6. Second Sleep
7. Colosseums
8. We've Been Here Before
9. Juke
10. Clockwise
11. Avalanche Alley
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS LIVE
*with Waxahatchee
†with Spoon
April 12
Los Angeles, CA
Theatre at The Ace Hotel*
April 13
Oakland, CA
Fox Theater*
April 14
Bend, OR
Midtown Ballroom*
April 15
Seattle, WA
Moore Theatre*
April 16
Portland, OR
Wonder Ballroom*
April 18
Minneapolis, MN
First Avenue*
April 19
Chicago, IL
The Metro*
April 20
Milwaukee, WI
Pabst Theater*
April 21
Chicago, IL
The Metro*
April 22
Columbus, OH
Newport Music Hall*
April 25
Boston, MA
House of Blues*
April 26
New York, NY
Terminal 5*
April 27
Philadelphia, PA
Union Transfer*
April 28
Washington, DC
9:30 Club (sold out)*
April 29
Washington, DC
9:30 Club*
May 1
Raleigh, NC
Ritz*
May 2
Atlanta, GA
Variety Playhouse*
May 3
New Orleans, LA
Tipitina's*
May 4
Houston, TX
White Oak Music Hall*
May 5
Dallas, TX
Granada Theater*
May 6
Austin, TX
Stubb's*
May 9
London, UK
Electric Ballroom
May 10
Amsterdam, NL
Paradiso Noord/Tolhuistuin
May 11
Berlin, DE
Lido
May 13
Oslo, NO
Vulkan Arena
May 14
Stockholm, SE
Debaser Strand
May 16
Copenhagen, DK
Loppen
May 18
Paris, FR
Divan Du Monde
July 18
Charlotte, NC
Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amph.†
July 19
Charlottesville, VA
Sprint Pavilion†
July 22
Portland, ME
State Theatre†
July 23
Montreal, QC
Metropolis†
July 26
Pittsburgh, PA
Stage AE†
August 11
Denver, CO
Velorama Festival

Photo credit Jenny Jimenez



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