“Mass Romantic” by The New Pornographers

"Mass Romantic" is the title track of the New Pornographers' debut, which Mint Records released in 2000, and it's the calling card for a Canadian indie rock supergroup that took almost three years to get its record made. A.C. Newman and Dan Bejar had been writing songs since 1998, and they wrote this one together; friends egged them on, and the lineup pulled in players from bands including the Evaporators, Zumpano and Destroyer.

The credits read like a crowded rehearsal room: Newman and Bejar on organ, synth and Wurlitzer, Blaine Thurier on keyboards, Kurt Dahle and Fisher Rose on drums, John Collins on bass, and vocals shared among Neko Case, Newman, Bejar and Dahle. Collins produced with David Carswell. The album never charted in Canada or the US, but glowing reviews sold out their tour.

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