The New Pornographers is a band I never listened to mainly because their name made me think they were a kind of sleazy Strokes ripoff. Turns out they aren’t. Since getting my AirPods Pro I’ve actually started to listen to music outside of my car and I’ve been really enjoying a lot of the stuff the Apple Music Discover station has been surfacing. I’ll always give more weight to the recommendations of an actual person, but maybe there is a place for algorithms after all.
Anyway, one of the songs that popped up was The New Pornographers’ Really Really Light from their newish album Continue as a Guest. It’s catchy, has those obscure lyrics I can’t resist, and features a wonderful interplay of male and female vocals. Can’t wait to dive deeper into their sound.