Top 10 Songs of 2014: #1 The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers 

The New Pornographers—Brill Bruisers

My favorite song off my favorite album of the year. By one of my favorite bands of all time. Who put on one of my favorite concerts of the year (even if it was in one of my least favorite venues—House of Blues). That’s a lot of superlatives.

But this album deserves it. It’s not The New Pornographers from Twin Cinema or Mass Romantic, but that was 10 years ago. Music has moved forward. This is Twin Cinema re-imagined. And “Brill Bruisers” encompasses that in spades.

The big hooky guitars, straight up power pop sound, the “ba ba” backing harmonies that fill every crevice of the song, this is straight up sugary pop music that makes your ears happy. There’s not an ounce of this song that isn’t completely wrung dry for every possible bit of joy it can offer. And it all lands in a tidy 3 minutes.