Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another listen. These are projects that, for whatever reason (middling sales, negative reviews, a misunderstood stylistic shift) have fallen slightly out of fashion — or perhaps never reached it to begin with.
The Defender: A.C. Newman
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Qualifications: Singer/chief songwriter/multi-instrumentalist of Canadian indie-rock band The New Pornographers, who recently released their ninth LP, Continue as a Guest, and will launch a supporting tour on April 19; human who enjoy music
The Defended: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s 2007 album, Some Loud Thunder
Overview: Somewhat mixed critical reception, including their lowest Metacritic score of 63; one single, “Satan Said Dance,” which Rolling Stone ranked as the year’s 95th-best song; second-worst score (2.88 out of 5.0) on fan-review site RateYourMusic
A.C. Newman and I are…
