The New Pornographers are a relatively recent discovery of mine, despite the fact that they've been charmingly power-popping their way through hipsters' hearts for seven years. True, I haven't actually bought an album yet, so I'm forced to resign myself to year-old Matador samplers and promo downloads. Still, that's enough for me to realize that the New Pornographers might be the most important force in post-2000 indie pop.
Sing Me Spanish Techno perfectly encapsulates this. Coming in at a radio-ready 3:59, and featuring quite possibly the loveliest hooks in North America, it's genuinely a mystery as to why the continent's entire populace (and I mean that) isn't rushing to scrawl their names at the bottom of the pre-order list for Challengers while simultaneously buying Twin Cinema. The song extols the virtues of making radical changes in your life (oddly enough, the plot of the Scrubs episode I just watched) over a base of brilliantly summery piano and a fantastic repeating riff. The real star of the show is, as always, A.C. Newman and Neko Case's lovely harmonies. And who can't adore that leap to the chorus? This is definitely a song to "listen too long to".
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