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Whiteout Conditions
Studio album by The New Pornographers
Released	April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)
Genre	Power pop, indie pop
Length	41:33
Label	Concord
Producer	A. C. Newman John Collins
The New Pornographers chronology
Brill Bruisers (2014) Whiteout Conditions (2017) In the Morse Code of Brake Lights (2019)
Singles from Whiteout Conditions
"High Ticket Attractions" Released: January 27, 2017

Whiteout Conditions is the seventh studio album by Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers. It was released on April 7, 2017, and is the first album not to feature either longtime drummer Kurt Dahle or singer-songwriter Dan Bejar.

The band released the first single "High Ticket Attractions" on January 27, 2017.

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.6/10
Metacritic	78/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	C+
The Guardian
The Independent
Mojo
Pitchfork	7.2/10
Q
Slant Magazine
Uncut	8/10
Vice	A

Whiteout Conditions was released by Concord Music Group on April 7, 2017, to generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 78, based on 21 reviews. Dave Simpson, a critic for The Guardian, said its "songs about depression, society and the environment sound euphoric" within the music's "exuberant pile-up of harmonies, hooks and powerpop". Andy Gill from The Independent observed "a drive and urgency about Whiteout Conditions that whisks one along regardless, their usual indie-pop mode here strengthened by layers of fast, bubbly synths and pulsing Eurocentric beats". Writing for Vice, Robert Christgau said lead vocalist and songwriter Carl Newman "generates 11 soaring new pop songs, which in some abstrusely Krautrock way are sparer than the 13 on Brill Bruisers". Erik Adams of The A.V. Club was less impressed, writing that the record featured interesting musical and emotional ideas, but lacked memorable melodies and a sense of dynamics.

The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize.

Track listing

All tracks are written by A. C. Newman

Personnel

• Carl Newman – vocals, guitar
• Neko Case – vocals
• John Collins – bass
• Blaine Thurier – keyboards, synthesizer
• Todd Fancey – lead guitar
• Kathryn Calder – vocals, keyboards, guitar
• Joe Seiders – drums, vocals

Charts

References

1. "The New Pornographers Announce New Album Whiteout Conditions, Share "High Ticket Attractions"". Spin. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
2. "New Pornographers Announce 'Whiteout Conditions' LP, Release 'High Ticket Attractions' Single". Spin. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
3. "Whiteout Conditions by The New Pornographers reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
4. ^ "Reviews and Tracks for Whiteout Conditions by The New Pornographers". Metacritic. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
5. Deming, Mark. "Whiteout Conditions – The New Pornographers". AllMusic. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
6. ^ Adams, Erik (April 7, 2017). "The New Pornographers' computer blues are missing a crucial component on Whiteout Conditions". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
7. ^ Simpson, Dave (April 6, 2017). "The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions review – euphoric powerpop pile-up". The Guardian. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
8. ^ Gill, Andy (April 5, 2017). "Album reviews: Father John Misty – Pure Comedy, Jamiroquai – Automaton, Imelda May – Life Love Flesh Blood, and more". The Independent. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
9. "The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions". Mojo. No. 282. May 2017. p. 88.
10. Anderson, Stacey (April 8, 2017). "The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
11. Segal, Victoria (June 2017). "The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions". Q. No. 372. p. 110.
12. Winograd, Jeremy (April 3, 2017). "The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions". Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
13. Deusner, Stephen (May 2017). "The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions". Uncut. No. 240. p. 36.
14. ^ Christgau, Robert (April 7, 2017). "The New Pornographers Soar and Conor Oberst Grows Up: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Vice. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
15. "Gord Downie, Tragically Hip both make cut as Polaris Prize long list revealed". Toronto Star, June 13, 2017.
16. "The New Pornographers Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
17. "The New Pornographers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

• 2017 albums
• The New Pornographers albums
• Dine Alone Records albums
• Albums produced by A. C. Newman
• Albums produced by John Collins (Canadian musician)