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| From | Paul Myers <paulm@shaw.ca> |
| Subject | Carl Newman solo album due June 8!! |
| Date | Thu, 08 Apr 2004 15:04:17 -0700 |
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Note: The following was sent to me by Yvette Ray, a publicist works
for both Carl Newman and Mint Records. I've been a fan of Carl Newman
ever since Zumpano covered "Rosecrans Blvd". - Paul
A.C. Newman
The Slow Wonder
Out June 8!
The Slow Wonder, the solo debut from Carl Newman of The New Pornographers
will be unleashed on June 8 (the Blue Curtain in Canada, Matador Records in the
US).
Carl writes at least 80% of the material for The New Pornographers, a band
you should be very familiar with right about now. If Carl was 20 in 1978 in
England he would have been in a band called the Soft Boys. If Carl
was 20 in 1984
in Ohio he would have been a founding member of Guided By Voices. If Carl was
20 in 1965 in LA Brian Wilson would not have needed Van Dyke Parks, and a few
years later in the same town Richard Harris would not have needed Jimmy Webb.
Nancy & Carl? Probably. Music would have taken a turn for the better, it would
have been more interesting, more intricate, more exciting ad nauseum. Though
we can't change the past, we'll settle for changing the future. This is 34
minutes of the best power pop you have ever heard, an incredible
breath of fresh
air in a hostile era for genuine hand-crafted music.
There are only two annoying things about this record. 1) you can never decide
which is the best track on the album and 2) the record is just too goddam
short.
A full slate of US and Canadian dates featuring a full band are planned
throughout the summer.
Listen to the first MP3 from the A.C. Newman album, "Drink To Me, Babe, Then"
at www.matadorrecords.com/a_c_newman/music.html
"... Carl Newman, the driving force behind The New Pornographers, and who,
judging by this playful yet sophisticated preview of his solo debut, could pull
up a chair to the Jon Brion/Aimee Mann/Michael Penn table any time he wants
to."
- John Sakamoto, the Anti-Hit List - Eye Weekly, April 1, 2004
--
Paul Myers
Broadcaster / Writer / Musician
paulm@shaw.ca
Little by little...the velocity of time
Turns her voice into
Sugar Water."
-Cibo Matto "Sugar Water".
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