Brill Bruisers
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| Studio album by The New Pornographers | ||||
| Released | August 26, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, power pop | |||
| Label |
Last Gang (Canada) Matador (U.S.) | |||
| Producer | A.C. Newman, John Collins, & Howard Redekopp | |||
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| Singles from Brill Bruisers | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Consequence of Sound | B+[3] |
| Drowned In Sound | 7/10[4] |
| Pitchfork | 7.7/10[5] |
| Slant | [6] |
| Spin | 8/10[7] |
Brill Bruisers is the sixth studio album by Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers. It was released on August 26, 2014[8] and debuted at number 13 on the Billboard 200.
In describing the album, A.C. Newman called it "a celebration record... After periods of difficulty, I am at a place where nothing in my life is dragging me down and the music reflects that."[8]
The first single from the album is "Brill Bruisers", released on June 10, 2014. The second single, "War on the East Coast", was released on July 16, 2014.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Brill Bruisers" | Allan Carl Newman | 2:56 | |
| 2. | "Champions of Red Wine" | Allan Carl Newman | 3:40 | |
| 3. | "Fantasy Fools" | Allan Carl Newman | 3:26 | |
| 4. | "War on the East Coast" | Daniel Bejar | 3:58 | |
| 5. | "Backstairs" | Allan Carl Newman | 4:23 | |
| 6. | "Marching Orders" | Allan Carl Newman | 4:19 | |
| 7. | "Another Drug Deal of the Heart" | Allan Carl Newman | 1:28 | |
| 8. | "Born with a Sound" | Daniel Bejar | 2:55 | |
| 9. | "Wide Eyes" | Allan Carl Newman | 2:56 | |
| 10. | "Dancehall Domine" | Allan Carl Newman | 3:18 | |
| 11. | "Spidyr" | Daniel Bejar | 2:21 | |
| 12. | "Hi-Rise" | Allan Carl Newman | 3:16 | |
| 13. | "You Tell Me Where" | Allan Carl Newman | 4:05 | |
Total length: |
43:01 | |||
The song "Spidyr" is a remake of Daniel Bejar's song "Spider" from Swan Lake's album Enemy Mine.
Amber Webber of Black Mountain and Lightning Dust shares vocals with Bejar on "Born with a Sound".
Vinyl edition
A special "paint spattered" limited-edition vinyl LP of the album was made available via pre-order. The LP includes a 3D-poster and 3D-glasses.[8]
Personnel
- Dan Bejar
- Kathryn Calder
- Neko Case
- John Collins
- Kurt Dahle
- Todd Fancey
- A.C. Newman
- Blaine Thurier
- Howard Redekopp - Engineer
References
- ↑ Brill Bruisers at Metacritic Retrieved September 3, 2014.
- ↑ Deming, Mark. Brill Bruisers at AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ↑ Caffrey, Dan (August 21, 2014). "Album Review: The New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ↑ Lukowski, Andrzej (August 19, 2014). "The New Pornographers: Brill Bruisers". Drowned In Sound. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ↑ Berman, Stuart (August 25, 2014). "The New Pornographers: Brill Bruisers". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ↑ Winograd, Jeremy (August 24, 2014). "The New Pornographers: Brill Bruisers". Slant. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ↑ Walters, Barry (2014-08-26). "Red Head Redemption: The New Pornographers Knock Out Power-Pop on 'Brill Bruisers'". Spin.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Gordon, Jeremy (2014-06-10). "The New Pornographers Announce New Album Brill Bruisers, Share Title Track, Tour". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
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