Together is the 5th album by Canadian-US collective The New Pornographers, featuring Neko Case and Destroyer’s Dan Bejar, in addition to bandleader and chief songwriter A.C. Newman, who All Music Guide says in a perfect world, would be our Elton, our McCartney. Playing to all The New Pornographers strengths, Together combines the freewheeling, glam spirit of their debut Mass Romantic with the very personal, emotional songwriting of their most recent material. As a result, it’s an album that aims to please, as exciting for The New Pornographers obsessive as for casual new listeners. Stunning ballads like My Shepherd and Valkyrie in the Roller Disco are among the most beautiful melodies Newman has ever written, and singles Crash Years and Your Hands (Together) rank among favorites like the Slow Descent Into Alcoholism and the Laws Have Changed. Vocalist keyboardist Kathryn Calder’s voice has never integrated so well with Case’s, and Bejar’s three contri