Playlist Winner Q&A: Cinema
Cinema Playlist 004 Winner For those who haven’t got to grips with you yet – please introduce yourselves: We are Cinema, an alternative electronic pop band from Birmingham. We have been labelled as anything from tropical pop to electro soul. We are forever writing songs and love throwing in new percussion and world instruments. How … Continue reading
Playlist Winner Q&A: Twin Pines
Twin Pines Playlist 003 Winner For those who haven’t got to grips with you yet – please introduce yourselves: Hello Popped Music! We are Twin Pines from Glasgow! We play music that we like, which obviously would involve synthesisers, good beats and cool guitar sounds. There’s three of us (No, there’s no twins). Barry on … Continue reading
Playlist Winner Q&A: Pure Youth
Pure Youth Playlist 002 Winner For those who haven’t got to grips with you yet – please introduce yourselves: Hey! We’re Dave, Elliott and Duncan and we make Pure Youth. We’re a west London based band and have been together since late 2014. We make sweet honey tunes for your ears baby. How did you … Continue reading
Playlist Winner Q&A: Saltwater Sun
Saltwater Sun Playlist 001 Winner Popped recently started a monthly playlist where by you, the music fan, gets to pick your fave of a 10 track playlist we compile. The first ever winner of this was the delectable Saltwater Sun. They won with their track Now Or Never and now as a treat, all … Continue reading
Just Listen: Fronteers – Idol
Fronteers From the very start of Fronteers’ current single Idol a huge wave of familiarity washed over me. No, I hadn’t heard this song before, but it’s flavour is undeniably mid 90s indie-rock. Dare I even use the Britpop word – that word which somehow has become a dirty word amongst some. Melody drips from … Continue reading
Just Listen: Ovvls – Pain Is Beauty
Ovvls The debut single, Pain Is Beauty, from new duo Ovvls is quite frankly a masterpiece of Gothic proportions. It creates such imagery in my mind – tall skeletal figures creeping jauntily around in the shadows before finally making a run for it across a moonlit hill before meeting their untimely demise. It’s a track … Continue reading
Just Listen: Haarm – Foxglove
Haarm Formed almost entirely in secret it would seem, Haarm is Liverpool’s newest three piece electro-pop outfit. Their debut track, Foxlove, gives hints at an exciting project which features vocals from Popped’s favourite Electro-Pop queen Jennifer Davies. Foxlove provides layers of shimmering electronica with a solid driving beat and hushed male/female vocals. It’s overriding effect … Continue reading
Just Listen: Colour – Strangers
Colour Listen to Strangers here: Watch the video for Strangers here: https://youtu.be/bZJ0W3OfAl4 With a determined beat and shimmery notes comes Colour with their new track Strangers. This is a band who are know just how to pen an indie delight and I’ve seen them perform this live with real gusto too. They really have a … Continue reading
Just Listen: Young Tide – NSFW
Young Tide Listen to NSFW here: On first listen of this, NSFW, the debut single from Young Tide, I was instantly reminded of Everything Everything, only with a harder punkier edge to the vocals. There’s that off kilter feel to the sounds, and similar phrasing to the vocals. It’s not at all a bad thing, … Continue reading
Introducing: White – Future Pleasures
White Having only formed in 2014 and having only played their first live shows back in February this year, Glasgow’s White are doing pretty damn well for themselves already. They’ve had several gigs since some of which have includes shows for The Great Escape Festival and Dot to Dot Festival. Leo Condie (Vocals), Hamish Fingland … Continue reading
Introducing: Lying B*st*rds – Head To Tokyo
Lying B*st*rds They are probably one of Liverpool’s newest and most exciting bands and Lying B*st*ards deliver all of the required ingredients for bringing some magical lofi to the party. They also mange to just take it just off kilter, adding some seriously funky bass. There’s not much to be found on these guys if … Continue reading
Interview: Scarlet
Scarlet Words: Gary Lambert Photos: Gaz Jones Picture the scene: you are in an up-and-coming rock band preparing to release your EP with a big gig in your hometown (ish) the next night. Do you: 1. Chill out with friends and family and relax? 2. Get the band into the studio and run through tomorrow’s … Continue reading
Track Premiere – TempleVesta – Juvenile
TempleVesta We are delighted to have the first ever listen of TempleVesta’s debut track Juvenile. The band is made up of three members from one of Birmingham’s brightest up coming acts of 2014, Kastella. Jack (vocals), Mal (lead guitar) and Dan (rhythm guitar) wrote the track before they even enlisted new members Josh (bass) and … Continue reading
Just Listen: The Japanese House – Still
The Japanese House Listen to Still here: I’ll admit I was wholly confused by this track when I first heard it. Is this 1975? What’s going on. And no, it’s not – even though you can clearly hear Matt Healey’s stamp all over it. The track is wholeheartedly that of 19 year old singer producer … Continue reading
Just Listen: Lucy Mason – Lost & Found
Lucy Mason Listen to Lost & Found here: Lost & Found has a chilling edge to it’s sounds, this coupled with the captivating and striking vocals of Lucy Mason, made it a pretty difficult track to pass up on. The song is the singer songwriters second release of 2015. She’s currently busy writing tracks to … Continue reading
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