The New Pornographers Premiere 'High Ticket Attractions' Video

By: Mar. 02, 2017
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Critically acclaimed supergroup The New Pornographers are premiering the video for the track "High Ticket Attractions" off their forthcoming full-length record Whiteout Conditions. Director Dan Huiting (Bon Iver, Sylvan Esso) notes, "I have always wanted to wreck things in music videos, I just never thought I would get a chance to destroy an entire high school!" Watch/share the video at https://youtu.be/ZAlHISTNbwY. The album is due April 7 and is the first release on the band's own Collected Works Records imprint in partnership with Concord Records. See below for a complete track list.

Recently, the group also premiered the track "This is the World of the Theater" via Noisey as well as on all streaming services; stream/share the song at http://bit.ly/2lhUDMf.
Whiteout Conditions is available for pre-order with a glow-in-the-dark poster now atwww.thenewpornographers.com. The New Pornographers will also tour the U.S. and Europe this spring, starting with a headlining performance at the NPR SXSW opening night showcase atStubb's on March 15. Tickets for all 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."
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
March 15
Austin, TX
SXSW: NPR Showcase at Stubb's
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

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