Brill Bruisers

 ( 2014 Albums ) 

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."

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 "Polaris Music Prize Announces 2015 Long List". Exclaim!, June 16, 2015. on June 16, 2015, and was shortlisted on July 16, 2015. "2015 Polaris Music Prize Short List Is Here". Polaris Music Prize Blog, July 16, 2015.

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Track listing All songs written and sung by A. C. Newman, except where noted.

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".

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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.

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Personnel

• Dan Bejar
• Kathryn Calder
• Neko Case
• John Collins
• Kurt Dahle
• Todd Fancey
• Carl Newman
• Blaine Thurier
• Howard Redekopp - Engineer

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Categories: 2014 Albums, Matador Records Albums, The New Pornographers Albums, Last Gang Records Albums, Albums Produced By John Collins, Albums Produced By A. C. Newman

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