Intuitive Music

The New Pornographers are hard at work on their next album according to Carl Newman, founder of the band.

He says about the upcoming release on the Matador Records mailing
list,"We've become fascinated by the ability of the ebow and baritone
guitar to sound kind of like a cello. This fixes the problem of wanting
cello, but not wanting a cello player in your band. They take up way
too much room. We can also get that Creation bowed guitar sound without
bowing the guitar, and looking like a guitar-bowing idiot.

"Dan's been coming around alot and recording with us, more than on
Electric Version, so that's cool. This album will have the Jackie
sequel, "Jackie, Dressed In Cobras", for those of you that always
wondered where Jackie's life took her/him. Neko's gonna come and sing,
Nora's gonna come and sing, and my long lost niece is gonna come and
sing with us too. Not because she's my niece, but because she's really
good. I want a lot of singers. I think it will be good.

"Various unintentional influences have crept into our work, some of
which are quickly removed:  The Moody Blues, Tubeway Army, Wings,
always Wings, never The Beatles, Eno of course, you can't play ebow
without sounding like Eno, Modern English, middle period post-Gabriel
Genesis, The Stranglers, the vocal inflections on "Dreadlock Holiday"
remain a steady influence, we're still trying to find a way to insert
some dub/white reggae in the mix, just as an intellectual exercise, to
see if we can do it without being dropped from the label. I know it
sounds awful but it will all work out."

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