11/06/2015

Presenting from Bristol: The Pop Group's come back





Le groupe britannique est légendaire à Bristol. Formé en 1977 dans la capitale du West Country, où je passe tout mon temps depuis février dernier, The Pop Group s'est reformé en 2010 et cette année a sorti un nouvel album en février, Citizen Zombie

Il est également en tournée et passe par Paris le 20 juin prochain, au Social Club. A ne pas manquer!!



J'interview aujourd'hui le leader et chanteur Mark Stewart et notre entretien sera publié bientôt sur le site Toute la culture:
http://toutelaculture.com/

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Plus de détails:

Leur dernier clip vidéo réalisé par l'actrice et réalisatrice italienne Asia Argento:


The Pop Group - Mad Truth (Official Video)







THE POP GROUP: PERSONNEL

Mark Stewart (vocals, lyrics)
Gareth Sager (guitar, saxophone, clarinet, piano, organ)
Bruce Smith (drums, percussion)
John Waddington (guitar, bass guitar)
Simon Underwood (bass guitar)

Dan Catsis (bass guitar)

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More in English: 

The Pop Group was born in Bristol in 1977 out of a disenchantment with punk failing to bust out of its rock origins.



Comments:


“It’s one of those moments when the cogs of your mind shift and your life is going to irreversibly change forever”
Nick Cave on hearing The Pop Group for the first time.

“The Pop Group’s life was brief and fierce. Begun in 1978, collapsing in 1980, the Bristol teenagers' insertion of black funk, free jazz, dub and political protest into post-punk seemed, like much of the era's music, to be a doomed experiment. And yet, with each passing year, the influence of The Pop Group and its leader Mark Stewart grows.”
The Independent 1998

“Cited as a key influence by Nick Cave and Primal Scream these wilfully discordant Bristolians unleash an exhilarating mash up of polemical lyrics, funk rhythms, free jazz and dub reggae with a tightness and ferocity that would challenge bands half their age.”
**** The Times 2014

“They paved the way for Fugazi's politicized dissonance, Massive Attack and Nine Inch Nails' larger-than-life soundscapes, and the dancefloor-friendly art-rock moves of contemporary bands like Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Liars.”
Rollingstone.com 2014

“The defiant and inventive British band meets the modern era head-on, tempering its dystopias with the rhythms required to move bodies and open minds”
NPR 2015

The energy is still there, the idea is still there, it [The Pop Group] still fizzes with a life that most young bands today just don’t have.”
Paul Epworth


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Details on the video:

Post punk provocateurs The Pop Group have collaborated with acclaimed Italian director and actress Asia Argento on the video of their first single Mad Truth from album Citizen Zombie, their first in 35 years.

"Collaborating with The Pop Group is a dream come true. The track blew my mind: all the set-ups and symbols in the video are inspired on a subconscious level by the music and the lyrics. I imagined a world ruled by the colourful souls of eternal children, expressing their crazy love through art, a spiritual warfare against a world populated by the living dead. The kids that appear in the video have worked also in the last movie I directed, including my daughter Anna-Lou. Between us there is a deep bond of trust and freedom.
The same freedom I was given by the band when they chose me to direct their first single in 35 years. I am deeply grateful to have my vision entwined with MAD TRUTH for eternity." Asia Argento, 2015

“The priestess of provocation, Asia Argento is a kindred spirit in this crazy zombie world we live in, we were born to collaborate, she’s the bomb!” Mark Stewart, 2015

Released in February of 2015 the album has since gained widespread praise, including album of the week slots in both the Independent and Scotsman, as well as ‘album of the day’ at BBC 6Music.

Produced by the much-acclaimed Paul Epworth, a long-time fan of The Pop Group, the 11-track album features original members Mark Stewart (lyrics / vocals), Gareth Sager (guitar) Dan Catsis (bass), and Bruce Smith (drums).

Digital:
iTunes: http://geni.us/ThePopGroupCZombie
Amazon: http://geni.us/PopGroupCZombieAMZ
Bleep: https://bleep.com/release/56598-the-p...

Physical:
Amazon: http://geni.us/PopGroupCZombieAMZ
Rough Trade: http://www.roughtrade.com/albums/90108

March 1st Tokyo JP – Liquid Rooms
March 5th Adelaide AUS – Adelaide Festival
March 6th Sydney AUS – The Factory Theatre
March 7th Melbourne AUS – The Corner Hotel
March 10th Los Angeles CA – Echoplex
March 11th San Francisco CA – Great American Music Hall
March 12th Seattle WA – Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room
March 13th Chicago IL – Levitation Festival, Thalia Hall
March 14th Toronto ON – Lee’s Palace
March 16th Brooklyn NY – Rough Trade
March 17th New York NY – Bowery Ballroom
March 19th – 22nd Austin TX – SXSW

May 5th – Brighton UK – The Haunt
May 6th – Norwich UK – Arts Centre
May 8th – London UK – The Dome, Tufnell Park
May 9th – Sheffield UK – Plug
May 10th – Glasgow UK – CCA Arts Centre
May 11th – Liverpool UK – The Kazimier
May 16th – Aaurhus DK – Pop Revo Festival
May 29th – Aalst BEL – Netwerk Centre
May 30th – Porto PRT – Serralves Festival
June 12th – Birmingham UK - Supersonic Festival
June 19th – Hilvarenbeek NL - Best Kept Secret Festival
June 20th – Paris, FR – Social Club
June 21st – Ramsgate UK – Ramsgate Music Hall
June 26th – Bristol UK – Exchange
June 27-29 – Glastonbury UK – Glastonbury Festival


http://www.thepopgroup.net

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