Album title: Whiteout Conditions
Artist: The New Pornographers
Genre: Power Pop/Indie Pop
Nationality: Canadian
Release date: April 7
Position in Discography: Seventh
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Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.22
Is this, then, a pun? Whiteout Conditions/Without Conditions? Or are they referring to a snowstorm, also know colloquially as a whiteout? Do I care? Well the opener is very catchy; gives me a sense of early Cars. Ooh! Second track is excellent too! Really like this so far. Also a poppier Prefab Sprout. No problems so far. There's a great energy to this music without making it sound derivative and ... you know what? I don't know why in particular I like it. I just do. “Second Sleep” is great and “Colosseums” bops along like a good thing, really pleasant.
“We've Been Here Before” may be my favourite on the album, and honestly, that's saying something, cos this is far better than I had expected. I love the sort of dreamy nature of the music on this track, and the double vocal works really well. Really impressed with this, big surprise.
Check out more from this artist? Yep
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes
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