THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS NEW LP, CONTINUE AS A GUEST, OUT TODAY VIA MERGE RECORDS

LISTEN / SHARE “BOTTLE EPISODES” HERE

NEW LP, CONTINUE AS A GUEST, OUT TODAY VIA MERGE

BUY / STREAM CONTINUE AS A GUEST HERE

TOUR DATES BEGIN THIS SPRING

Photo by Ebru Yildiz / Composite by Nicole White // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

The New Pornographers’ debut record for new label Merge Records, Continue As A Guest, is out today, and in celebration of the new record, the band is debuting the album track “Bottle Episodes”.

“‘Here inside the TV glow of these bottle episodes,’ this one is another ambivalent story about day-to-day life in the pandemic times,” notes front-person A.C. Newman. “I was trying to capture a feeling of being stuck, but you don’t mind being stuck. You’re not sure what to call this life you’re leading. Are you happy? You might be. There should be a word for this.”


LISTEN / SHARE “BOTTLE EPISODES” HERE


The band previously shared the record’s first single, “Really Really Light,” alongside a Christian Cerezo-directed video. Most recently they debuted the album tracks “Angelcover” and “Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies”.

The album tackles themes of isolation and collapse, following the ambivalence of day-to-day life during the pandemic and the endless pitfalls of living online. But Newman says that Continue as a Guest’s title track also addresses the continually rolling concerns that come with being in a band for so long. “The idea of continuing as a guest felt very apropos to the times,” he explains. “Feeling out of place in culture, in society—not feeling like a part of any zeitgeist, but happy to be separate and living your simple life, your long fade-out. Find your own little nowhere, find some space to fall apart, continue as a guest.”

LISTEN / SHARE “ANGELCOVER” HERE

LISTEN / SHARE “PONTIUS PILATE’S HOME MOVIES” HERE

Stereogum notes in response to the new record that The New Pornographers “make catchy, sophisticated alternate-universe hits,” while Billboard writes that “The New Pornographers have been slinging pristine indie-pop hooks for over two decades now,” and Cool Hunting adds that the record is “a welcome return from [the] indie-pop legends.”

In support of the new album, The New Pornographers are set for a run of North American shows this spring with support from Wild Pink. The dates include a stop at Toronto’s Danforth Hall. See below for a complete list of dates.

Newman began work on Continue as a Guest at his Woodstock, New York home over the course of a year, after the band had just finished touring behind 2019’s In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights. During the writing and recording process, he discovered new lyrical, artistic and sonic approaches experimenting with his own vocal register. 

WATCH / SHARE “REALLY REALLY LIGHT” HERE

The 10-track record is produced by Newman and features compatriots Neko Case, Kathryn Calder, John Collins, Todd Fancey and Joe Seiders as well as contributions from saxophonist Zach Djanikian and co-writes from Dan Bejar (Destroyer) and Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz, Sad13). 

The New Pornographers have previously released eight studio albums, including their classic debut, Mass Romantic, reissued in 2021 to celebrate the 21st anniversary of its premiere. Their latest, In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Alternative Chart, #6 on the Billboard Rock Chart and #15 on the Billboard Album Chart. It was hailed as “infectious” by NPR, while Rolling Stone praised “the Canadian power-pop crew keeps cranking out songs where the hooks-per-minute ratio is almost unseemly.”

BUY / STREAM CONTINUE AS A GUEST HERE

TOUR DATES
April 19—Asheville, NC—Salvage Station*
April 20—Atlanta, GA—Variety Playhouse*
April 21—New Orleans, LA—Tipitina’s*
April 22—Houston, TX—White Oak Music Hall*
April 23—Dallas, TX—Studio at The Factory*
April 25—Austin, TX—Paramount*
April 26—Oklahoma City, OK—Tower Theatre*
April 27—St. Louis, MO—Sheldon Concert Hall*
April 28—Omaha, NE—The Waiting Room*
April 29—Kansas City, MO—The Truman*
April 30—Denver, CO—Gothic Theatre*
May 3—St. Paul, MN—The Fitzgerald*
May 4—Milwaukee, WI—Turner Hall*
May 5—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall [SOLD OUT]*
May 6—Chicago, IL— Thalia Hall [SOLD OUT]*
May 8—Cincinnati, OH—Memorial Hall*
May 9—Columbus, OH—Newport Music Hall*
May 11—Detroit, MI—El Club [SOLD OUT]*
May 12—Toronto, ON—Danforth*
May 13—Burlington, VT—Higher Ground Ballroom*
May 14—Norwalk, CT— Wall Street Theater*
May 15—Boston, MA—Royale*
May 17—New York, NY—Brooklyn Steel*
May 18—Philadelphia, PA—Union Transfer*
May 19—Washington, DC—9:30 Club [SOLD OUT]*
May 20—Washington, DC—9:30 Club*
May 21—Saxapahaw, NC—Haw River Ballroom*

*with Wild Pink


Album Art Credit: Amy Casey // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

CONTINUE AS A GUEST TRACKLIST
01 Really Really Light 
02 Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies 
03 Cat and Mouse with the Light 
04 Last and Beautiful 
05 Continue as a Guest
06 Bottle Episodes 
07 Marie and the Undersea 
08 Angelcover 
09 Firework in the Falling Snow 
10 Wish Automatic Suite 

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THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS SHARE NEW SONG “PONTIUS PILATE’S HOME MOVIES”

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The New Pornographers are debuting their new track “Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies” in anticipation of their forthcoming album Continue as a Guest, their first for Merge Records, due March 31, 2023.

LISTEN / SHARE “PONTIUS PILATE’S HOME MOVIES” HERE
BUY / STREAM “PONTIUS PILATE’S HOME MOVIES” HERE

“Lyrically, it is very much a stream-of-consciousness story about the disease of social media and online culture,” frontperson A.C. Newman explains about the track. “The narrator that only likes art when it changes the subject, buried in daydream, thinking it’s an entrance, and the idea of Pontius Pilate entertaining his friends with home movies of the crucifixion (what else would he be showing? That part’s clear, right?). It was a product of being stuck at home at a time when online was the only way for many to communicate, and obviously it had its negatives. One of those songs that might seem like word salad but is not, its disjointed nature very deliberate.”

The band previously shared the record’s first single, “Really Really Light”, alongside a Christian Cerezo-directed video. Most recently they debuted the album track “Angelcover”. 

LISTEN / SHARE “ANGELCOVER” HERE
BUY / STREAM “ANGELCOVER” HERE

In celebration of the new album, The New Pornographers are set for a run of North American shows this spring, with support from Wild Pink. The dates include a stop at Toronto’s Danforth Hall.

WATCH / SHARE “REALLY REALLY LIGHT” HERE
BUY / STREAM “REALLY REALLY LIGHT” HERE

MORE ABOUT CONTINUE AS A GUEST
Newman began work on Continue as a Guest at his Woodstock, New York home over the course of a year, after the band had just finished touring behind 2019’s In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights. During the writing and recording process, he discovered new lyrical, artistic and sonic approaches experimenting with his own vocal register. 

The 10-track record is produced by Newman and features compatriots Neko Case, Kathryn Calder, John Collins, Todd Fancey and Joe Seiders as well as contributions from saxophonist Zach Djanikian and co-writes from Dan Bejar (Destroyer) and Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz, Sad13). 

The album tackles themes of isolation and collapse, following the ambivalence of day-to-day life during the pandemic and the endless pitfalls of living online. But Newman says that Continue as a Guest’s title track also addresses the continually rolling concerns that come with being in a band for so long. “The idea of continuing as a guest felt very apropos to the times,” he explains. “Feeling out of place in culture, in society—not feeling like a part of any zeitgeist, but happy to be separate and living your simple life, your long fade-out.  Find your own little nowhere, find some space to fall apart, continue as a guest.”

The New Pornographers have previously released eight studio albums, including their classic debut, Mass Romantic, reissued in 2021 to celebrate the 21st anniversary of its premiere. Their latest, In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Alternative Chart, #6 on the Billboard Rock Chart and #15 on the Billboard Album Chart. It was hailed as “infectious” by NPR, while Rolling Stone praised “the Canadian power-pop crew keeps cranking out songs where the hooks-per-minute ratio is almost unseemly.”

PRE-SAVE CONTINUE AS A GUEST HERE

TOUR DATES
April 19—Asheville, NC—Salvage Station*
April 20—Atlanta, GA—Variety Playhouse*
April 21—New Orleans, LA—Tipitina’s*
April 22—Houston, TX—White Oak Music Hall*
April 23—Dallas, TX—Studio at The Factory*
April 25—Austin, TX—Paramount*
April 26—Oklahoma City, OK—Tower Theatre*
April 27—St. Louis, MO—Sheldon Concert Hall*
April 28—Omaha, NE—The Waiting Room*
April 29—Kansas City, MO—The Truman*
April 30—Denver, CO—Gothic Theatre*
May 3—St. Paul, MN—The Fitzgerald*
May 4—Milwaukee, WI—Turner Hall*
May 5—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall [SOLD OUT]*
May 6—Chicago, IL— Thalia Hall [SOLD OUT]*
May 8—Cincinnati, OH—Memorial Hall*
May 9—Columbus, OH—Newport Music Hall*
May 11—Detroit, MI—El Club [SOLD OUT]*
May 12—Toronto, ON—Danforth*
May 13—Burlington, VT—Higher Ground Ballroom*
May 14—Norwalk, CT— Wall Street Theater*
May 15—Boston, MA—Royale*
May 17—New York, NY—Brooklyn Steel*
May 18—Philadelphia, PA—Union Transfer*
May 19—Washington, DC—9:30 Club [SOLD OUT]*
May 20—Washington, DC—9:30 Club*
May 21—Saxapahaw, NC—Haw River Ballroom*
*with Wild Pink

Album Art Credit: Amy Casey // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

CONTINUE AS A GUEST TRACKLIST
01 Really Really Light 
02 Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies 
03 Cat and Mouse with the Light 
04 Last and Beautiful 
05 Continue as a Guest
06 Bottle Episodes 
07 Marie and the Undersea 
08 Angelcover 
09 Firework in the Falling Snow 
10 Wish Automatic Suite 

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THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS SHARE NEW SINGLE, “ANGELCOVER”, FROM UPCOMING LP

LISTEN / SHARE “ANGELCOVER” HERE
BUY / STREAM “ANGELCOVER” HERE

NEW LP, CONTINUE AS A GUEST, OUT ON MARCH 31, 2023 VIA MERGE

PRE-SAVE CONTINUE AS A GUEST HERE

TOUR DATES BEGIN THIS SPRING

Photo Credit : Ebru Yildiz // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

The New Pornographers are debuting their new track “Angelcover” in anticipation of their forthcoming album Continue as a Guest, their first for Merge Records, due March 31

“I pictured this one as a weird little George Saunders-esque sketch, a snapshot,” explains frontperson A.C. Newman. “I found myself a lot more concerned with performance and/or delivery, changing melody and phrasing to get a better performance, less concerned, less precious about the original melody or lyric that I wrote. With that in mind, I had the idea of angels visiting me in the night with the message that ‘melody ain’t got nothing on delivery.’ Kind of a fever dream, where feelings take on their own personality and shape.”

LISTEN / SHARE “ANGELCOVER” HERE
BUY / STREAM “ANGELCOVER” HERE

The band previously shared the record’s first single, “Really Really Light” alongside a Christian Cerezo-directed video. In celebration of the new album, The New Pornographers are set for a run of North American shows this spring, with support from Wild Pink. The dates include two sold out nights at Chicago’s Thalia Hall, as well as further performances at New York’s Brooklyn Steel and Boston’s Royale. Full tour dates can be found below.

WATCH / SHARE “REALLY REALLY LIGHT” HERE
BUY / STREAM “REALLY REALLY LIGHT” HERE

MORE ABOUT CONTINUE AS A GUEST
Newman began work on Continue as a Guest at his Woodstock, New York home over the course of a year, after the band had just finished touring behind 2019’s In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights. During the writing and recording process, he discovered new lyrical, artistic and sonic approaches experimenting with his own vocal register. 

The 10-track record is produced by Newman and features compatriots Neko Case, Kathryn Calder, John Collins, Todd Fancey and Joe Seiders as well as contributions from saxophonist Zach Djanikian and co-writes from Dan Bejar (Destroyer) and Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz, Sad13). 

The album tackles themes of isolation and collapse, following the ambivalence of day-to-day life during the pandemic and the endless pitfalls of living online. But Newman says that Continue as a Guest’s title track also addresses the continually rolling concerns that come with being in a band for so long. “The idea of continuing as a guest felt very apropos to the times,” he explains. “Feeling out of place in culture, in society—not feeling like a part of any zeitgeist, but happy to be separate and living your simple life, your long fade-out.  Find your own little nowhere, find some space to fall apart, continue as a guest.”

The New Pornographers have previously released eight studio albums, including their classic debut, Mass Romantic, reissued in 2021 to celebrate the 21st anniversary of its premiere. Their latest, In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Alternative Chart, #6 on the Billboard Rock Chart and #15 on the Billboard Album Chart. It was hailed as “infectious” by NPR, while Rolling Stone praised “the Canadian power-pop crew keeps cranking out songs where the hooks-per-minute ratio is almost unseemly.”

PRE-SAVE CONTINUE AS A GUEST HERE

Album Art Credit: Amy Casey // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

CONTINUE AS A GUEST TRACKLIST
01 Really Really Light 
02 Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies 
03 Cat and Mouse with the Light 
04 Last and Beautiful 
05 Continue as a Guest
06 Bottle Episodes 
07 Marie and the Undersea 
08 Angelcover 
09 Firework in the Falling Snow 
10 Wish Automatic Suite 

TOUR DATES
April 19—Asheville, NC—Salvage Station*
April 20—Atlanta, GA—Variety Playhouse*
April 21—New Orleans, LA—Tipitina’s*
April 22—Houston, TX—White Oak Music Hall*
April 23—Dallas, TX—Studio at The Factory*
April 25—Austin, TX—Paramount*
April 26—Oklahoma City, OK—Tower Theatre*
April 27—St. Louis, MO—Sheldon Concert Hall*
April 28—Omaha, NE—The Waiting Room*
April 29—Kansas City, MO—The Truman*
April 30—Denver, CO—Gothic Theatre*
May 3—St. Paul, MN—The Fitzgerald*
May 4—Milwaukee, WI—Turner Hall*
May 5—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall [SOLD OUT]*
May 6—Chicago, IL— Thalia Hall [SOLD OUT]*
May 8—Cincinnati, OH—Memorial Hall*
May 9—Columbus, OH—Newport Music Hall*
May 11—Detroit, MI—El Club*
May 12—Toronto, ON—Danforth*
May 13—Burlington, VT—Higher Ground Ballroom*
May 14—Norwalk, CT— Wall Street Theater*
May 15—Boston, MA—Royale*
May 17—New York, NY—Brooklyn Steel*
May 18—Philadelphia, PA—Union Transfer*
May 19—Washington, DC—9:30 Club [SOLD OUT]*
May 20—Washington, DC—9:30 Club*
May 21—Saxapahaw, NC—Haw River Ballroom*

NEW PORNOGRAPHERS ONLINE
WEBSITE
FACEBOOK
TWITTER
INSTAGRAM
SPOTIFY
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