A. C. Newman – The Slow Wonder

UNDERRATED Album Hall of Fame:

A. C. Newman – The Slow Wonder (2004)

Our favorite New Pornographers album is actually their leader  A.C. Newman‘s solo debut The Slow Wonder!  It’s one of those rare records that engages immediately from the first notes and continues to reward repeated listens for years to come.  Each concise, catchy song has a hook that sticks.  The singing is warm and engaging (something that is not always the case in the New Pornos with their sometimes treated and filtered and layered harmonies),  The production is bright, punchy and unfussy.  Each song has just what it needs to get the melody across in the most direct way.  All in all a great record that if you haven’t heard yet, well, you are in for a treat.