Pope Joan - Centurions // Volumes - New Digital Single - OUT NOW

This band just keeps gets better and better!!!

 

Following their outstanding debut mini-album ‘Hot Water, Lines and Rickety Machines’ on OIB Records last year, Brighton based POPE JOAN will be releasing their new double A-side single CENTURIONS // VOLUMES on JUNE 15th. These two new recordings showcase the rapid and demanding new direction from one of the most exciting new bands in the UK.

 

Those infectious post-punk guitar hooks, trademark driving drum rhythms and Mark’s ever playful yet engaging vocal delivery are still ever present, yet the ‘Centurions // Volumes’ release is the sound of a band maturing, a band who aren’t afraid to experiment and wrap their perfect summer pop songs in warm washes of ambient processed guitar or infectious skewed synths.

 

 

 

OIB016: Pope Joan – Centurions // Volumes

Format: Digital Release

Date: OUT NOW

 

 

Tracklisting:

1. Centurions

2. Volumes

 

Purchase the new single NOW from iTunes for just £1.58!!!:

 

http://www.apple.com/uk/search/ipoditunes/?q=pope+joan+centurions

 

 

 

Centurions // Volumes is the new single from Brighton based leftfield pop 4-piece Pope Joan.

 

Forging forward with a richer and more refined sound, this double AA side distils their trademark core of bold pop hooks through a more urgent, expansive and compellingly epic sound of skewed synths and shimmering guitars - delivering two tracks of the finest art-punk-pop.

 

With all glitching 8-bit keyboards, ping-pong bass lines and sporadic guitar jerks, Centurions morphs into an unashamedly catchy, sing-a-long pop monster, complete with girl-rabble backing vocals. Volumes pairs up against the nervous energy - shifting into more epic territory with its cascading guitars and ascending C64 style keyboards, juxtaposed against the driving, relentless afro-beat inspired rhythms.

 

Falling somewhere between the kinetic playfulness of Les Savy Fav, quirky pop of early-era XTC and the sonic spectrum of TV on the Radio, Pope Joan are a band that demand serious attention and are set to establish themselves as part of the new wave of exciting and experimental British art-pop.

 

"A noisy little commotion from Brighton bods who have gone from strength to strength in recent months, fusing the gap between avant-garde art punk and melodic pop pleasantries." - The Fly

 

"A colourful explosion of post punk adorned, effects laden guitar lines, quirky synth noises, elasticated bass lines and creative drum patterns topped off with an undeniable pop sheen." - Artrocker review of Hot Water, Lines and Rickety Machines

 

You can find Pope Joan on MySpace at www.myspace.com/popejoan

 

 

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