New Pornographers' A. C. Newman thinks new solo album

New Pornographers principal dude A.C. (Carl) Newman says he has plans for his second solo album that, optimistically, could be released this fall. “On my own records, I’m left to my own devices. That can be both good and bad,” Newman told Billboard.

The band is finishing up its U.S. tour in promotion of its latest album Challengers, and is set to play at a handful of summer festivals including the Summer Camp Music Festival in Illinois, The Sasquatch Music Festival in Washington, and the The All Points West Festival at New Jersey's Liberty State Park.

Newman also revealed thoughts about the direction for the next album for the group as a whole, which should be released in 2009. “I think the next Pornographers record will be fairly rock,” he told Billboard. “I think with Challengers we moved as far in this direction as we can go, unless we turn into M. Ward or something.”

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