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Went to the LA show and it was good. The setlist was great. The Former Site Of was a highlight.

But that said, something felt off. I think it’s the rotating nature of the band players but aside from Carl, who here is actually an OG member of this band? In some ways, it felt like a NP cover band. They hit the notes but there wasn’t the passion and excitement of a band who made these songs. They seemed tired and weary and even though they played well, it just felt like they were going through the motions. I love these songs but just wasn’t as moved by them playing them as I wanted to be.

Anyone else catch them recently and have those feelings or am I just off here?

Great show, landed in the front room. Will Scheff was great.

New album’s been out for a while, so time to fire up the song-by-song ratings for this one!

“Great Princess Story” is track 1 — the first song — on The New Pornographers’s most recent album, The Former Site Of.

Here's a link to the song.

• How do you feel about “Great Princess Story”?
• Any favorite lyrics?

How would you rate it out of 10?
1 is terrible, 10 is amazing (decimals allowed, not required)

Note: Comments that don’t include a number vote won’t be factored in. Scores higher than 10 will be counted as a 10.

I'll close the poll in about a week.

Results

Great Princes Story: in progress

All New Pornographers song-by-song results

Always fun spending the evening with my favorite band.

Another great show! The two days I’m in town and there’s a late season snowstorm. Fortunately we made it just in time for the show. It was nice to see them perform The Former Site of, and I got to tell Kathryn how much we enjoyed the show as she graciously gave me John’s setlist. Now back to Michigan to see Bejar solo acoustic tomorrow! I am a lucky fella