Whiteout Conditions, the new full-length record from critically acclaimed supergroup The New Pornographers, is due April 7 via Dine Alone Records in Canada. In celebration of the new album, the group is sharing the interactive lyric video for the track “High Ticket Attractions” created by Vancouver-based interactive artist Chris Shier. The song is premiering today on all streaming services. The album is available for pre-order today with a glow-in-the-dark poster.
Beginning April 18 The New Pornographers will tour the U.S and Europe, kicking off their run of dates at Minneapolis’ storied First Avenue. Tickets for all shows include a free download of the new album, Whiteout Conditions, and can be purchased from www.thenewpornographers.com. Full tour dates can be found below.
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.
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS TRACKLIST
- Play Money
- Whiteout Conditions
- High Ticket Attractions
- This is the World of the Theater
- Darling Shade
- Second Sleep
- Colosseums
- We’ve Been Here Before
- Juke
- Clockwise
- Avalanche Alley
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS LIVE
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*
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
*with Waxahatchee