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█ RLS DATE: .. Aug-15-2005 █ T ▐▓▒░▌
█ STR DATE: .. Aug-23-2005 █ A ■ ▄░ ▀█▀
█ ARTiST: .... The New Pornographers █ T ▄▓▀▀▓█▀▄ █
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█ TRACKS: .... 14 █ █ ▐█▓▀▐ ▌ ▒
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█ The New Pornographers are going to save your █
█ life one day, and they might save the world █
█ while they're at it. Admittedly, you aren't █
█ going to see A.C. Newman swooping down from the █
█ skies, nor is Dan Bejar going to single-handedly █
█ bringing about world peace (even though he is █
█ most definitely on the shortlist of fighting-fit █
█ contenders); however, their whimsical brand of █
█ power-pop carries the same small comfort found █
█ in the arms of a loved one, that cherished and █
█ fleeting spark that makes you smile and believe █
█ that everything will be all right. Mass Romantic █
█ and Electric Version, while not exactly █
█ innovative, were nonetheless exhilarating, as █
█ thrilling as the first few breathless months of █
█ a mad-love relationship. █
█ █
█ But hey - it's been a few years now, and you █
█ pretty much know everything you need to know █
█ about the other person; the spark's not exactly █
█ gone, but surprises are few and far between. Not █
█ that it's a bad thing: it just means that you're █
█ comfortable and that you've accepted all that █
█ person's little quirks as charming, and even █
█ essential. I'm not sure if there's anyone out █
█ there in the wooly wilds of the 'Net expecting █
█ something fresh from the New Pornographers when █
█ word of a new album came leaking out; I can only █
█ imagine that those folks might be disappointed █
█ with Twin Cinema. Nonetheless, everyone else █
█ probably knew what to expect: big anthem-like █
█ guitar hooks, infectious choruses, soaring █
█ melodies, and the best vocal harmonies this side █
█ of Duluth, Minnesota. Things like "subtlety" and █
█ "experimentalism" were never in the █
█ Pornographers' playbook, and that's okay: if we █
█ wanted rampant adventurism we'd have hooked up █
█ with the boys in Matmos instead. █
█ █
█ Don't get me wrong: everything isn't exactly the █
█ same. Twin Cinema finds the Pornographers █
█ becoming ever tighter and more cohesive as a █
█ musical collective; every instrument sounds █
█ focused towards that rather singular goal of █
█ creating some pretty great, sugar-sweet █
█ power-pop. The guitars are a bit louder (and █
█ noisier) than they were in Electric Version, the █
█ keyboards and synths are a little bit thicker, █
█ and the songwriting itself is miles removed from █
█ the joyously sloppy mess of Mass Romantic; █
█ indeed, it has perhaps never been tighter, with █
█ every bridge and chorus carefully placed with █
█ clockwork skill and precision. █
█ █
█ In keeping with previous releases, the album █
█ beings with the title track; and as always, it's █
█ a big, stomping, guitar-pop anthem, clearly █
█ setting the boundaries for everything that's to █
█ follow. It's crammed with hooks, some nice █
█ instrumental dynamics, and a call-and-response █
█ verse that's utterly undeniable, despite its █
█ silly (and almost clichΘd) mechanics. Another █
█ call to familiarity rears its head a bit later █
█ on in Bejar's "sequel" to Mass Romantic's █
█ "Jackie": "Jackie, Dressed in Cobras" finally █
█ lets us know what happened to good ol' Jackie, █
█ even if it is hidden in Bejar's typically █
█ cryptic lyricism. █
█ █
█ It shouldn't be too surprising that some of the █
█ best tracks on the album are penned by Bejar; █
█ it'd be difficult to convince anyone who's heard █
█ the incredible round-vocal coda at the end of █
█ Electric Version's "Testament to Youth in Verse" █
█ that his additions would be anything less than █
█ stellar. Songs like "Broken Beads" show that █
█ Bejar is back in fine form, his oddly quirky █
█ alt-folk-inflected songwriting a perfect match █
█ for Newman's big-pop leanings; a typical Bejar █
█ melody (which, admittedly, are rarely typical in █
█ comparison to other songwriters) is turned into █
█ a loud, foot-stomping pop anthem within the █
█ confines of the Pornographers' MO, turning his █
█ frantic (and slightly silly) hollers of "LA LA █
█ LA LA LA LA LA" into one of the album's most █
█ arresting hooks. █
█ █
█ Newman is also in fine form, and his songwriting █
█ chops have perhaps never been better; it's as if █
█ the man had internalized every single trope of █
█ pop music, unleashing each chord progression and █
█ melody as if they were qualities intrinsic to █
█ the fiber of his being. Admittedly, the songs █
█ themselves aren't terribly different than from █
█ his previous efforts with the Pornographers or █
█ from his own wonderful solo release; however, █
█ the songs on Twin Cinema sound more assured, and █
█ Newman himself sounds more confident in his own █
█ vocal abilities. Songs like "Sing Me Spanish █
█ Techno" and the head-nodding "Use It" show a █
█ remarkably firm grasp on the mechanics of █
█ writing an indelible pop song and are possessed █
█ of some of the catchier moments on the album. In █
█ particular, the former track has one of the best █
█ bridge/chorus progressions written in recent █
█ memory, while other songs - like the █
█ broken-record cadence of "Falling Through Your █
█ Clothes" - showcase Newman's formidable skill at █
█ crafting memorable harmonies. █
█ █
█ Of course, not everything is pitch perfect - the █
█ album loses a bit of steam as it wraps up, the █
█ production work suffers from a little too much █
█ reverb, and some of the quieter moments don't █
█ exactly work out too terribly well. The █
█ alt-country-tinged flavor of "These are the █
█ Fables" has a hook that sounds forced and █
█ awkward, and - despite a pretty damn catchy, █
█ nearly jazzy piano outro - is only really saved █
█ by Neko Case's incomparable vocal work; █
█ similarly, the final track "Stacked Crooked" █
█ sounds a little scattershot and doesn't hold █
█ together as well as it should. It's a damn shame █
█ too, since the closing song is also home to some █
█ of the Pornographers' more experimental moments, █
█ containing an anxious beat, scattered horn █
█ shots, and a guitar line that owes more to Dick █
█ Dale than to any jangly 60's pop riff. █
█ █
█ So there we have it: Twin Cinema is another █
█ great pop album from the New Pornographers, a █
█ release that's crammed with so many memorable █
█ melodies that the bumpier moments fade into the █
█ background. There are no great strides made █
█ towards brazen experimentalism, nor are there █
█ any real "holy shit" instances that will stop █
█ someone dead in their tracks; however, it's █
█ questionable as to whether anyone really wants █
█ that from this band. It is what it is, and █
█ sometimes, that's more than enough. Sure, we █
█ might flirt with the new flavor of the week for █
█ awhile, or make eyes towards that art-damaged █
█ post-punk chick with the messy blue hair; but in █
█ the end, we'll always come back home to the █
█ person we know best, the one person who can █
█ always make us smile no matter the █
█ circumstances. █
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█ :01:. Twin Cinema 02:59:. █
█ :02:. The Bones of an Idol 02:52:. █
█ :03:. Use it 03:27:. █
█ :04:. The Bleeding Heart Show 04:27:. █
█ :05:. Jackie, Dressed in Cobras 03:06:. █
█ :06:. The Jessica Numbers 03:07:. █
█ :07:. These Are the Fables 03:30:. █
█ :08:. Sing Me Spanish Techno 04:17:. █
█ :09:. Falling Through Your Clothes 02:54:. █
█ :10:. Broken Beads 03:01:. █
█ :11:. Three or Four 03:07:. █
█ :12:. Star Bodies 04:08:. █
█ :13:. Streets of Fire 02:42:. █
█ :14:. Stacked Crooked 04:19:. █
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