REVIEW: On their ninth album, and first since 2019, TheNewPornos sound a little more subdued than usual — but they’re still a band that’s in it for the long haul.
was just a machine cranking out power-pop tunes, it would get boring. But there’s also a lot of mixed emotions going on under the surface of their studiously nuanced pop-rock formalism — like if Cheap Trick was as quick-witted as Steely Dan, or the Romantics were as throughtful as REM. The Canadian band’s iconic 2000 debut,, was a masterclass in hook-mad fun highlighted by songs with resolutely unfun titles like “My Slow Descent Into Alcoholism” and “The Body Says No.
But on their ninth album, the sense of crisis in Newman’s songwriting is reflected in a more subdued musical tone as well, making for an LP that delivers its vivid emotional payoff in subtle gestures. That doesn’t mean there aren’t big, splashy songs here.opens with the dreamy banger “Really Really Light,” and “Angelcover” bursts forth with a frilly flute and echo-laden tom-tom rumble like a recovered memory of Men At Work. Mostly, though, the mood has changed.
turns the awkward chorus “It’s like I can’t stand that you love me” into sweet, surreptitious poetry.
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