If you like your pop music weird, Cheater by Pom Poko is an album for you.
Experimental, inventive, chaotic and yet quite accessible, the new LP shows the Norwegian band at top form, making uniquely structured, at times surreal and smart songs, that are full of hooks and unexpected turns.
Listen below and purchase the record here.
Contact, the third album of London quartet Landshapes, is full of suprises. It is a shape-shifting record that makes it impossible for listeners to predict the next move of the band, or at least a melody or trajectory of the next track.
Throughout ten songs, the group experiments with song structures, while mixing different genres and establishing connections between instumental elements & vocals. Most importantly, the end result sounds very cohesive, natural and vital. An essential listen.
Check it out below and purchase the album here.
Following his fantastic fifth solo album I Love The New Sky released back in May, we shouldn’t be surprised that Tim Burgess had some extra tracks to unleash for his fans’ listening pleasure.
The brand new EP Ascent Of The Ascended is out today via Bella Union and it is consists of 6 songs — two brand new numbers and four tracks recorded earlier this year in New York City as a live session for Paste magazine, one of which is a new version of “The Only One I Know” by Burgess’s band The Charlatans and three classics from I Love The New Sky.
The title track from the EP is an euphoric 7-minute psychedelic pop jam and the other new one “Yours. To Be” is a beautiful and touching little song that gets stuck in your head immediately. Despite being so different both of them fit together perfectly well.
Stream below and purchase the EP here.
Back in May Tim Burgess released brilliant I Love The New Sky, and now he is following it up with the brand new EP Ascent Of The Ascended.
It is out November 27 via Bella Union and will consist of 6 songs — two brand new numbers and four tracks recorded earlier this year in New York City as a live session for Paste magazine, one of which is a new version of “The Only One I Know” by Burgess’s band The Charlatans.
Speaking of the new ones, “Yours. To Be” was already released earlier and today Tim is sharing the second track “The Ascent of the Ascended”, an instant classic which comes along with the beautiful video, directed by Tim Pope.
Watch it below and pre-order the record/vinyl here.
Pom Poko have shared a new single “Andrew”, which will feature on Norwegian band’s forthcoming album Cheater, due this November via Bella Union (pre-order it here).
It is a true earworm that is as texturally captivating as it is emotionally electrifying, a short and sweet pop tune, fully wrapped in experiments and great twists. The artwork represents it perfectly, adding some extra unsettling yet playful vibes to their pop sensibilities.
Listen below.
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