Pitchfork

Taking a page from Panda Bear's book, the New Pornographers will play a string of dates in June that you can count on one hand. Their three shows at various London venues come in addition to their previously reported appearance at Coachella, and they are planning to hit a few UK festivals in June that might put their total number of shows in the two-hand range.

Principal New Pornos songwriter Carl Newman spoke to Billboard.com recently about the band's follow-up to Twin Cinema, which they hope to release on Matador in late August.

Newman said the new album "is maybe slightly more epic. It has our first song that passes the six-minute-long mark." He also mentioned that Dan Bejar wrote three songs for the record, including one titled "Myriad Harbor". Neko Case sings on three of the album's songs, one of which is called "Go Places". The only other information Newman had in the way of song titles was one of his own: "Salinger". About his vocal contributions, he said, "Nobody ever seems to be singing more than three songs. Kathryn [Calder]'s doing a couple, at least one or two. I'm like, 'Which ones am I singing here?' I'll just sing the leftovers."

Case and Bejar will not appear with the band on their currently scheduled dates, but they hope to have at least Case join them when they tour in support of the new album in the fall.

Dates:

04-28 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
06-18 London, England - Bar Academy
06-19 London, England - Borderline
06-20 London, England - 93 Feet East