Carl Newman (The New Pornographers)

from Songwriters on Process · host Ben Opipari

It's the return of Carl Newman of The New Pornographers! We were just kids back in 2015 when I first interviewed Newman and we discussed his love of the 10cc song "Dreadlock Holiday." We return to that song in this episode, and we span the entirety of Newman's songwriting process, including a great discussion of why writing badly is so important and why gibberish is a great way to jump start the process.The New Pornographers' latest album is The Former Site Of on Merge Records.

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