Challengers

2007, Aug 21

Apple Spotify Indie Pop Power Pop 96 Highly Rated Matador Pitchfork 6.0/10 A.V. Club A- The Line of Best Fit 9/10 NME 4/5 Paste 8.0/10 Rolling Stone 3/5 All Music 4/5 Gigwise 9/10 Under The Radar 7.0/10 Mojo 4/5 Slant 4/5 Pop Matters 9/10 The Guardian 3/5

Pitchfork 6.0/10 Matador's all-star power poppers return with a record that's mellow mood and baritone guitar obsession mark it more as a sequel to frontman Carl Newman's solo record The Slow Wonder than the band's own Twin Cinema.

The Line of Best Fit 9/10 It’s a rare thing these days for a “super-group” to surprise a listener. Most have become tired husks of bands that have strived to create “something” but fail and end up creating nothing. I’m looking at you Audioslave and Velvet Revolver. I’m not…

Slant 4/5 Challengers speaks to the real breadth of the New Pornographers’s skill with all manners of pop styles.

Pop Matters 9/10 Tweaking the nose of expectation and laughing in the face of probability, the New Pornographers continue to improve with each new release.

The Guardian 3/5 <p>(Matador)</p>