“I think I’m kind of heavily influenced by music that some people would think is really empty and just kind of silly,” the singer-songwriter and guitarist says, while grocery shopping in his native Vancouver. He’s been making the stuff since he dropped out of Simon Fraser University and formed the ill-fated Zumpano way back in 1992, so it’s fitting that he admits his sweet tooth. On first blush, Newman’s music perfectly fits that description, with its neon arches of melody and sweet harmonies. You could watch a video of this redheaded, very white leader of the acclaimed New Pornographers with its volume down and Slayer blasting overtop, and two words will come to mind: “quirky” and “pop.” (aka Carl) Newman, whose debut solo album, The Slow Wonder, is packed with music as clean-cut, lanky, and bright as he is. Witness the textbook-perfect case of A.C. Maybe the practitioners of the 19th-century science of physiognomy were right after all: The body dictates the disposition.
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