The New Pornographers
Mass Romantic

THE REVIEW

In one of his many outbursts via cathode-ray tube, tele-preacher Jimmy Swaggart described rock music as the new pornography.
For some members of historic Canadian bands (including Destroyers, Superconductor, Zumpano...), this statement must have sounded like a sort of call to action, as they decided to name their common side-project 'The New Pornographers'.

Listening to their new album, it becomes clear that the irony of the six Canadians is not only connected to anecdotes about the band's formation but is an integral part of their music.
'Mass Romantic' sounds like an endless party organized on the beach where carefree songs with a high energy level (and why not, alcoholic) make you jump until dawn and where, for the first time, to satisfy your desire for dance and rock, you don't have to resort to implausible products, which especially during this summer period MTV administers to us in large doses.
The influences of this fresh power-rock, fortunately for us, are quite different and answer to the names of Kinks, Beach Boys, Pixies, Byrds—people who have educated generations on the theme of quality-joy.

You will play this CD on Friday evening after work, on Saturday morning when heading out to enjoy the longed-for weekend, and again in the evening as an appetizer to your nighttime adventures, in short, it will become inseparably linked to your moments of total leisure.