The New Pornographers will release new album The Former Site Of on March 27, via Merge. Watch the video for the single “Votive,” animated by Michael Arthur, below.
The band that performs on the follow-up to Continue as a Guest comprises A.C. Newman, Kathryn Calder, Neko Case, John Collins, and Todd Fancey. Charley Drayton joins on drums, replacing the disgraced former drummer Joe Seiders. Josh Wells will be behind the kit on the band’s April-bound tour.
Newman says in a press release, “Having time in my studio really opened things up. I don’t like wasting my bandmates’ time, and always felt guilty when I’d give them a song, ask them to do something, then completely change the song and ask them to do it again. Now I can get the skeleton of a song together first—just a couple of elements, the key feeling, really as little as possible—before bringing it to the band and running from there.”
The Former Site Of:
01 Great Princess Story
02 Pure Sticker Shock
03 Ballad of the Last Payphone
04 Spooky Action
05 Wish You Could See Me I’m Killing It
06 Votive
07 The Wine Remembers the Water
08 Calligraphy
09 Bonus Mai Tais
10 The Former Site Of
