Brill Bruisers

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Brill Bruisers
Brill Bruisers Cover.jpg
Studio album by
the New Pornographers
ReleasedAugust 26, 2014 (2014-08-26)
Genre Indie rock, power pop
Length43:01
Label Last Gang (Canada)
Matador (U.S.)
Producer A.C. Newman, John Collins, Howard Redekopp
The New Pornographers chronology
Together
(2010)		Brill Bruisers
(2014)		 Whiteout Conditions
(2017)
Singles from Brill Bruisers
  1. "Brill Bruisers"
    Released: June 10, 2014
  2. "War on the East Coast"
    Released: July 16, 2014
  3. "Dancehall Domine"
    Released: November 23, 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.6/10 [1]
Metacritic 79/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B [4]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Cuepoint (Expert Witness)A− [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 8/10 [8]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin 8/10 [12]

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]

Contents

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.TitleVocalsLength
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)Bejar3:58
5."Backstairs" 4:23
6."Marching Orders"Case4:19
7."Another Drug Deal of the Heart" Kathryn Calder 1:28
8."Born with a Sound" (Bejar)Bejar, Amber Webber2:55
9."Wide Eyes" 2:56
10."Dancehall Domine"Newman, Calder3:18
11."Spidyr" (Bejar)Bejar2:21
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

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