The New P*rnographers release their highly anticipated new album »The Former Site Of« via Merge Records.To celebrate the upcoming release, the band presents the album track »Votive« along with a new video. A woman is trapped on a cruise ship. A preacher decides to perish with his city. A man in the flower shop loses himself in the meaning of an arrangement. These and other people at personal and social border points are the focus of ten contemporary and at the same time timeless short stories that The New P*rnographers collect on their upcoming album »The Former Site Of« in the form of carefully composed pop songs. Like »Continue as a Guest«, this album also shows The New P*rnographers - bandleaders A.C. Newman, Neko Case, Kathryn Calder, John Collins and Todd Fancey - expanding their already rich catalog in surprising ways. Supported by legendary session drummer Charley Drayton (Divinyls, Keith Richards, Fiona Apple), the space within a New P*rnographers song has never been so clearly defined and at the same time so richly textured. That gives a distinctive pulse to the characters whose lives unfold in Newman's sensitive, pictorial lyrics, »The Former Site Of« adds depth to the sound Newman developed by writing and recording in his home studio, and refines the band's creative process far beyond the necessities of the lockdown era and the remote collaboration of the time. » "The time in my studio has opened up a lot," he explains. I can first put together the skeleton of a song - just a few elements, the central feeling, really as little as possible - before I take it to the band and continue from there." Two albums after this change, The New P*rnographers create sonic universes of complex texture and narrative detail, where each level is tuned to reveal an unexpected new facet. Far from simply being the expected next chapter of The New P*rnographers, »The Former Site Of« is a plea against expectations - from a band that continues to evolve instead of resting on its laurels. Even in the darkest or most self-deprecating moments, there is an irresistible liveliness in this music: a confirmation that the struggle of its characters and the listeners - like the photo of a distant planet - is worth it. Tracklisting Great Princess Story Pure Sticker Shock Ballad of the Last Payphone Spooky Action Wish You Could See Me I'M Killing It Votive The Wine Remembers the Water Calligraphy Bonus Mai Tais The Former Site Of