The New Pornographers - Challengers

4x****
Starts off pleasantly enough with " My Rights Versus Yours" and perfectly inoffensive "All The Old Showstoppers" and the slow title song. This next XRT favorite finally takes off with "Myriad Harbor"**** with some very pleasing spoken verses leading finally to a big chorus. The most rock song yet is "All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth"****. Slightly 80's "Failsafe" follows, and has a good sound but doesn't vary in intensity much. The best song is probably "Mutiny, I Promise You"**** with catchy 60's/70's pop. "The Spirit Of Giving"**** is a perfect conclusion and builds slowly to a full-band hey-jude coda.

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