Album News: The New Pornographers - Together

Any time I post about the New Pornographers, I always get a few random hits from people looking for "tits" or "Peggy from Eastenders nude", but it's worth it, as the announcement of a New Pornographers album always gets me excited. (Not in the same way as some of those old porn fans though!)

Their new album is called Together and will be out on May 4th on Matador in the US.

There's twelves tracks on it, and as well as featuring all eight members of the New Pornos, there will be guest spots from Will Sheff from Okkervil River, Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Zach Condon from Beirut, and The Dap King Horns. Nice!

It's always a treat when Neko Case and Dan Bejar come together. (See what I did there?)

Album News: Swan Lake - Enemy Mine

Swan Lake is not the ballet troupe, instead it's a troupe made up of Dan Bejar of Destroyer, Spencer Krug of Sunset Rubdown/Wolf Parade and Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes and Blackout Beach. In other words, a band worth checking out. Their last record, Beast Moans, wasn't as brilliant as a Destroyer, New Pornos, or Wolf Parade record, but a few tracks were decent enough to show that this one, Enemy Mine, could be amazing.

According to the press release:
"While their debut album was a beautifully-weaved mash-up of their disparate song-writing styles, often with layer upon layer of various melodies and stylistics thrown into a collaborative cauldron to magical, and at times discordant effect, their second album "Enemy Mine" reflects a more stripped-down, more deliberate approach to collaboration. It's as if they really tried to just make nice songs together. To quote Krug, "There's architecture here." Not that the lyric is about collaboration--it fits nicely though."

I hope to get my hands on an mp3 soon.

Tracklist:
Spanish Gold, 2044
Paper Lace
Heartswarm
Settle On Your Skin
Ballad Of A Swan Lake, Or, Daniel's Song
Peace
Spider
A Hand At Dusk
Warlock Psychologist

More info:
http://www.myspace.com/swanlaketheband