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1. THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT BEST OF MOVIE
2. THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT BEST OF FULL
3. THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT BEST OF CODE

Somebody had the idea to call us a supergroup. “What if you put the Destroyer guy in a band with the Zumpano guy? Wouldn’t that be cool?” “Yeah, I’m in.” That’s when we became a real band. How’s it going? I was wondering …” “I’ll do it.” He didn’t let me finish my sentence. I asked John Collins because I worked with him in Zumpano. I felt more like I was just starting a club. That’s a testament to the fact that I had no delusions of success - asking my friend who didn’t play an instrument to join the band. I think I met Neko around ’96, and she’s a killer singer. It was the first time I’d ever encountered another musician in Vancouver that struck me as world-class. Maybe that twist is still coming.įor Mass Romantic, you had to put the team together. Except I don’t think any of us are murderers - not that I know of.

THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT BEST OF MOVIE

A New Pornographers show feels like a Robert Altman movie with these different people who look like they don’t belong in the same story.

You brought all these strange characters together into this one group. I’ve always felt, “When is this house of cards going to collapse?” And now we’re … shit, what’s it been? Eight now? It’s crazy. I was like, “A second record?” It never even popped into my head that we would make a second record. I remember before Mass Romantic came out, we were talking to Mint Records. Is it surprising that that album has such an afterlife? You’re celebrating the 21st anniversary of Mass Romantic. But I was just watching the Sparks documentary - you know the part where they have to learn 21 albums? I thought, “If Sparks could learn 21 albums, we can learn two albums. Because Dan’s there, and he hasn’t really been playing with us for a few years. I guess it says something about the dynamic of the band that we never broke up, but it feels like a reunion. I’m going to be half audience member, half band member. People are clearly fiending for these shows. I just texted Dan and I said, “Hey, would you do this if we put this together?” He was like, “Sure, OK.” Then we booked it. But I’m just so psyched that I convinced Dan to do it. It feels good - the shows sold out really quickly. What’s it like having this New Pornographers crew back together? He discusses the weird indie-rock gold rush in the early 2000s, along with imposter syndrome, record stores, mental illness, falling in love, artistic persistence, and building a life out of music fandom.Ĭongratulations on this new tour. Newman caught up with Rolling Stone from the West Coast, while on tour opening for Neko Case, for a long stroll through the strange-but-true history of this band, with all his usual wit.

And maybe that’s our appeal: a band that should not exist, yet we still exist.” “Maybe this isn’t our fate, we should not exist, but we’ve willed it into being. “Sometimes I feel like we had to fight destiny to get here,” Carl Newman says, tongue firmly in cheek. The NPs might be the band that best sums up their era’s most noble rock virtues: independence, humor, unflagging creative commitment.

THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT BEST OF CODE

Result: a string of great albums, right up to 2019’s The Morse Code of Brake Lights. But the band keeps mutating through the years, a rotating cast of characters with Newman as bemused ringleader. Mass Romantic comes out of nowhere to become everyone’s indie cup of tea in Y2K. So he recruits buddies like Bejar and Case, both already indie cult heroes in their own right. You couldn’t make this story up: Vancouver songwriting wizard Carl Newman tries to hit the big time with his Nineties band Zumpano, but their albums flop. It includes a bonus seven-inch single of “Letter,” which made Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Debut Singles. Mass Romantic is getting a deluxe reissue as part of Matador’s Revisionist History series, including a limited-edition vinyl LP out on Dec. (Most of the dates sold out immediately.) Old friends are back on board: Destroyer frontman Dan Bejar, who hasn’t played with the NPs in years, and alt-country virtuoso Neko Case.

THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT BEST OF FULL

They’re doing two-night stands, playing two of their classic albums in full - Mass Romantic the first night, Twin Cinema the second. 29 at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, New York.

The New Pornographers are celebrating their anniversary with a hotly awaited tour, which kicks off Nov. Yet somehow, they turned into one of the 21st century’s longest-running all-star bands. Everybody figured it was a one-off fluke. It blew up into a word-of-mouth sensation, with gems like “Letter From an Occupant” and “The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism.” Three lead singers, 12 warped tunes, a ragtag team of rock misfits.

The beloved Canadian indie-pop savants made their debut 21 years ago with Mass Romantic, a low-budget classic full of eccentric guitar tunecraft and perverse wit. There’s no music story like the saga of the New Pornographers.