The New Pornographers – “Ballad Of The Last Payphone”

Vancouver power-pop OGs the New Pornographers recently released a new limited edition 7″ through frontman A.C. Newman’s Substack for Vinyl Club. B-side “Ego Death For Beginners” will remain a vinyl-only offering, but the band has put A-side “Ballad Of The Last Payphone” on streaming services today. It’s on the more melancholic side of the New Pornos’ oeuvre, with Newman and his array of vocalists (this time including Neko Case) reflecting on the last of a dying technological b...

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