Length 43:01 Release date 26 August 2014 Genres Indie rock, Power pop | Artist The New Pornographers Label Matador Records | |
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Released August 26, 2014 (2014-08-26) Brill Bruisers
(2014) Whiteout Conditions
(2017) Producers A. C. Newman, John Collins, Howard Redekopp Similar The New Pornographers albums, Indie rock albums | ||
The new pornographers brill bruisers
Brill Bruisers is the sixth studio album by Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers. It was released on August 26, 2014 and debuted at number 13 on the Billboard 200. In describing the album, A.C. Newman called it "a celebration record... After periods of difficulty, I am at a place where nothing in my life is dragging me down and the music reflects that."
Contents
The first single from the album is "Brill Bruisers", released on June 10, 2014. The second single, "War on the East Coast", was released on July 16, 2014. The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize on June 16, 2015, and was shortlisted on July 16, 2015.
Track listing
The song "Spidyr" is a remake of Daniel Bejar's song "Spider" from Swan Lake's album Enemy Mine.
Amber Webber of Black Mountain and Lightning Dust shares vocals with Bejar on "Born with a Sound".
Vinyl edition
A special "paint spattered" limited-edition vinyl LP of the album was made available via pre-order. The LP includes a 3D-poster and 3D-glasses.
Personnel
Songs
1Brill Bruisers2:56
2Champions Of Red Wine3:41
3Fantasy Fools3:27