{"id":14247,"date":"2010-12-26T16:18:07","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T21:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/?p=14247"},"modified":"2010-12-26T16:21:30","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T21:21:30","slug":"2010-in-music-6-the-new-pornographers-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/2010-in-music-6-the-new-pornographers-together\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 in Music: #6 The New Pornographers &#8211; Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/new-pornos-banner.jpg\" alt=\"new-pornos-banner.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"550\" height=\"242\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"firstletter\">M<\/span>ost of the time when I get a new album it takes me a few listens to settle into it, get a feel for the sound, and hear all the songs enough to feel fully acquainted with it enough to decide how much I like it. This is true even of bands I know well and love &#8211; it&#8217;s a process with each new album. With <em>Together<\/em>, the first playthrough felt like I coming home to something familiar and wonderful, in a good way. There was no getting acquainted time, it was just immediate love.<\/p>\n<p>I got into The New Pornographers with their previous album <em>Challengers<\/em>, most of which I love, but there are some songs I don&#8217;t care for that much, which makes the album as a whole kind of a mixed experience. This time, everything is really well-balanced, and so far, there isn&#8217;t a song I don&#8217;t like. It feels more cohesive as an album; even though there are a similar assortment of Neko Case songs, Dan Bejar songs, and A.C. 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