posted on: October 19, 2020
Pom Poko Bella Union are delighted to announce the signing of fast–rising Norwegian quartet Pom Poko. Sweet sing-song vocals are mixed with intense grooves, bouncy guitars and crazy riffs, and make Pom Poko a feat to behold live.
Bursting with colour and wonky life from its cover art (by close collaborator Erlend Peder Kvam) outwards, it differs from Birthday primarily in that its songs did not have a chance to be road-tested before going into the studio.
Reduce the testosterone, increase the sugar rush, and get ready for this K-PUNK explosion.
See yous Between the quartet’s sweet melodies, galvanic punky ructions and wild-at-art-rock eruptions, Cheater is the sound of a band celebrating the binding extremes that make them so uniquely qualified to thrill: and, like Tim’s listening party, to fulfil any need you might have for a pick-you-up. Despite forming just a little more than a year and a half year ago, the band are on a rapid ascent with their three officially released singles gaining praise for their ingenuity and energy. Further evidence arrives in the contrast between the thrilling, think-on-its-feet thrash-pop of “My Candidacy” – made in less than three hours – and the mellifluous “Danger Baby”, a tale of irrational fears with Ragnhild’s vocal and Martin’s guitar merged in unexpected union. According to the band… “the song itself is kind of about the wish to be able to believe in unconditional love, even though you know that there probably is no such thing. Pom Poko. Right, Tim?
Exciting to watch, their songs are both physical and cerebral, with that spirit of 1979 that I so love. “If you have a vacancy for Favourite New Band, Pom Poko would like to apply for the role,” tweeted Tim Burgess in April, as Norway’s finest punk-pop anti-conformists revisited their joyous debut album, Birthday, for one of Tim’s mood-lifting Twitter listening parties. Edit Artist ; Share.
After its opening, almost Bolan-esque belches of guitar, “Look” extends that spirit of openness to an invitation to look outside of one’s self, before “Body Level” ends the album on a characteristically generous, unguarded – amplified – note of positivity. In the production process I think we aimed more for some sort of contrast between the meticulously written and arranged songs and a more chaotic execution and recording, but also let ourselves explore the less frantic parts of the Pom Poko universe.
Pom Poko has already been praised by the likes Interview Magazine, The Line of Best Fit, The Independent, Clash, DIY, while NME has even picked them as one of the acts to watch out for in 2018. Reduce the testosterone, increase the sugar rush, and get ready for this K-PUNK explosion.... more Marketplace 40 For Sale. “Things get better,” sings Fangel, embracing directness with the same readiness as Pom Poko exult in giddy intricacy.
package often compared to Le Tigre, Deerhoof and Duchess Says.
Having recently announced their return with sophomore album Cheater, due for release 6th November via Bella Union, Pom Poko today share raucous new single “My Candidacy”. Bursting into life on the back of a blast of fractious guitar noise, a thrashing riff and a sweetly sardonic vocal, “Cheater” laces its serotonin rush with tangy lyrics about dreams and, says Ragnhild, the kind of “cheating kid who doesn’t understand why they didn’t get things exactly like they wanted on their first try”: thematic motifs that reverberate throughout the album.
A punk attitude combined with a nerdy knowledge of pop history, makes for an explosive package often compared to Le Tigre, Deerhoof and Duchess Says.
I think both in the more extreme and painful way, and in the sweet and lovely way, this album is kind of amplified.”. We, at least, believe in unconditional love for riffy tunes with sing-song choruses.”. Despite forming just a little more than a year and a half year ago, the band are on a rapid ascent with their three officially released singles gaining praise for their ingenuity and energy. As singer Ragnhild Fangel explains of the leap from Birthday to Cheater, “I think it’s very accurate to say that we wanted to embrace our extremes a bit more. Meanwhile, a huge touring schedule included countless sold-out headline shows and a rapturously received UK jaunt with Ezra Furman. Both sonically and thematically, that sense of amplification asserts itself right off the bat with the tearaway title-track.
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Reduce the testosterone, increase the sugar rush, and get ready for this K-PUNK explosion. They were playing a tiny club one night when I walked in and I was immediately stunned by how good they were even though my friends were telling me they had only been playing together a short while. I loved that they didn’t sound like anyone else, which is a very rare trait in a new band. package often compared to Le Tigre, Deerhoof and Duchess Says. Pom Poko (Japanese: 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ, Hepburn: Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko, lit. “Towards the end one of the guitar pedals made a huge BZZZ sound in a pause, but we thought it was cool and raw so we just rolled with it,” says Ragnhild. From here, Pom Poko court their extremes with firecracker confidence.
Pure Norwegian Punky Sweetness. That love for surprise synchronicities, slanted sounds and unexpected subject matter propels “Andy Go to School”, where a tempo-tweaked guitar line accompanies a lyric extolling the pleasures of water parks and a free-flowing sonic palette.
In other words, consider that vacancy for free-thinking punk-pop adventurism in your life filled. Sweet sing-song vocals are mixed with intense grooves, bouncy guitars and crazy riffs, and make Pom Poko a feat to behold live. Oslo, Norway. The sound of four distinct personalities driving in divergent directions towards one destination, the result is an evolved snapshot of the bracingly contrary chemistry forged when Fangel, Tonne, Jonas Krøvel (bass) and Ola Djupvik (drums) united to play punk during a jazz gig at a literature festival in Trondheim (the band-members studied jazz there. )Taking their name and spirit from Japanese animation visionaries Studio Ghibli’s marvellously out-there film about raccoon-dog rebels with unfeasibly large testicles, Pom Poko showcased that convulsive individuality to exuberant effect on 2019’s Birthday.
Sweet sing-song vocals are mixed with intense grooves, bouncy guitars and crazy riffs, and make Pom Poko a feat to behold live. Kind of like The Slits crossed with the Pixies.
I cannot wait to put the debut album out and let the world see them / hear them!”, Pom Poko say: “We´re absolutely thrilled to sign with Bella Union, a label with such an amazing history and a roster of bands and artists we really love. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Pom Poko pimp their CV on all fronts with their glorious second album. We are looking forward to sharing new music with everyone and we´re really happy to do so together with the team at Bella Union.”, Bella Union are delighted to announce the signing of fast–rising Norwegian quartet. Along the way, they drew praise from NME, DIY, PopMatters, The Line Of Best Fit, The Independent and BBC Radio 6 Music, while going on to be nominated for two Norwegian Grammy Awards (Spellemannprisen) and The Nordic Music Prize. According to the band… “the song itself is kind of about the wish to be able to believe in unconditional love, even though you know that there probably is no such thing.
Pure Norwegian Punky Sweetness. First single “Andrew” upholds a facility for simplicity in one of Pom Poko’s loveliest choruses, though a band such as this will never settle for the obvious: Martin Miguel Tonne’s jazzy guitars seem to do everything except what you expect them to. Bella Union are delighted to announce the signing of fast–rising Norwegian quartet Pom Poko.
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