7thstudio album from Vancouver’s The New Pornographers. Whiteout Conditionsis the band’s first album without longtime drummer Kurt Dahle and singer/lyricist Dan Bejar (Bejar hasn’t left the band; rather he was busy working on the forthcoming 11th Destroyer album). Vocals are instead handled by Carl Newman and the wonderful Neko Case. Includes “High Ticket Attractions”, “Whiteout Conditions” and 9 more slicesof the band’s reliablycatchypower pop, this time propelled by a krautrock / postpunk-inspired beat. On limited edition indie-exclusive white vinyl with free download code courtesy of Concord Records.

• indie exclusive white vinyl
• limited to 5000
• digital download included
• music label:Concord Records 2017

reviewed by Kurupt FM Intern04/2017