Brill Bruisers
2014 studio album by the New Pornographers
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Brill Bruisers is the sixth studio album by Canadian indie rock band the New Pornographers. It was released on August 26, 2014[13] 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."[13]
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| Released | August 26, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, power pop | |||
| Length | 43:01 | |||
| Label | Last Gang (Canada) Matador (U.S.) | |||
| Producer | A.C. Newman, John Collins, Howard Redekopp | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.6/10[1] |
| Metacritic | 79/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The A.V. Club | B[4] |
| Chicago Tribune | [5] |
| Cuepoint (Expert Witness) | A−[6] |
| Mojo | [7] |
| NME | 8/10[8] |
| Pitchfork | 7.7/10[9] |
| Q | [10] |
| Rolling Stone |  [11] |
| Spin | 8/10[12] |
The first single from the album was "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[14] on June 16, 2015, and was shortlisted on July 16, 2015.[15]
Track listing
All songs written and sung by A. C. Newman, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Brill Bruisers" | 2:56 | |
| 2. | "Champions of Red Wine" | Neko Case | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Fantasy Fools" | 3:26 | |
| 4. | "War on the East Coast" (Dan Bejar) | Bejar | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Backstairs" | 4:23 | |
| 6. | "Marching Orders" | Case | 4:19 |
| 7. | "Another Drug Deal of the Heart" | Kathryn Calder | 1:28 |
| 8. | "Born with a Sound" (Bejar) | Bejar, Amber Webber | 2:55 |
| 9. | "Wide Eyes" | 2:56 | |
| 10. | "Dancehall Domine" | Newman, Calder | 3:18 |
| 11. | "Spidyr" (Bejar) | Bejar | 2:21 |
| 12. | "Hi-Rise" | 3:16 | |
| 13. | "You Tell Me Where" | 4:05 | |
| Total length: | 43:01 | ||
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.[13]
Personnel
- Dan Bejar
- Kathryn Calder
- Neko Case
- John Collins
- Kurt Dahle
- Todd Fancey
- A.C. Newman
- Blaine Thurier
- Howard Redekopp - Engineer
