It’s not at all uncommon for a band — particularly a well-connected band like The New Pornographers — to call up some musician friends to come lay down some tracks for a song here and there. But sometimes you can tell a band is going overboard with the guest appearances just to create a buzz. Thing is, most bands won’t admit it like Carl Newman did recently.

Along with bragging about having folks from St. Vincent, Beirut and Okkervil River on the record, Newman cracked a truth egg all over the place when he admitted — in a somewhat playful, but obviously truthful manner — what most people assume about star-studded liner notes:

Ted Leo did some percussion on a song, but it was a song that we dropped off the album. We should have given him the percussion credit anyway. At that point I was just trying to throw in as many indie-rock celebrities as possible into the mix. I even thought of just calling up Ben Gibbard and going, ‘Hey Ben, can we just say you’re on the record?’

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3 Responses to “New Pornographers Looking for the Wow Factor With Guest Spots”

1. On 02/3/10 6:09 PM, steve said:

   

   I’m confused. Why are you even commenting on this? It’s lame, but it’s not lame? Do you think it’s a marketing ploy, or just the right man for a job? Cracked a truth egg?
   This is a waste of kilobytes.

2. On 02/3/10 7:38 PM, cool said:

   

   I saw these guys in concert. They’re great.

3. On 02/4/10 9:24 AM, Cool dude said:

   

   at 1st i thought this article was about porn photographers

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