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Chinese Burn

This record left our Brian feeling happy.

Now the indie singles, for my sins. Scots troupe POPUP have a newie 'Chinese Burn', a very generic indie title. Sort of fuzzy, intense raucous rock with shouty vocals, giddy punk-funk drums, a stabbing bassline & an upwards spiralling guitar that briefly turns into 'Babylons Burning' by The Ruts before the chorus. It's got more energy & balls than most & i have to say, I like it even though it's Red Leicester rather than Irish Farmhouse Mature Cheddar. The b-side sounds like The Delgados, colliding fem/boy vox & a waltz-y feel. A good effort.. On Art_goes_Pop, 7" only

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CHINESE BURN / stagecoach
It has been spoken about, on many occasion, whether it be by fans, critics, or record shop bodies, that the last single from Popup,
namely 'Lucy, What You Trying to Say", was 'hook-drenched' and 'a triumph in the name of pop'. The hooks came in thick and fast,
a truth no-one could deny, it most defiantly was a triumph, a move in the right musical direction for all to follow, but only of sorts,
as what you hold in your hands now, without a shadow of a doubt proves that a band capable of plucking one great tune out of the
hat, can go one better and kick their own ass...
Ladies and gentlemen, popup have done it again. And this time they're bringing the crunch... 'Chinese Burn', the culprit in question,
is a no bullshit assault on your fun gland with a guitar riff that screams "I'm having a good time and I want to share it with you".
It doesn't creep up on you, slowly building just to kick in when you expect it to...oh no! It smacks you when you LEAST expect it
but with one of those punches that you'll take, because they're that good, they're that worth it.
Popup's second release on art/goes/pop is believable; a track that captures your attention but yet allows you to enjoy it, knowing
full well that what you have just witnessed aurally wasn't produced to help the big wigs make a coin or two, a track that actually
makes you want to strut down the street, peer free. This band have forged a track so engrossing that it holds with it a sense of
honesty now clearly long gone in indie-pop music today, lost to the neck scarves and champagne cocktails of a Russell Brand
meets Kate Moss culture.
Vocally, lead singer Damian Gilhooly has an assured tone to his voice but one which hides urgency inside it, begging to come out,
a sort of confident quiver if you'll have it. Pair this with a marching bass line, crunching guitars and crashing drums from the rest of
the band and you're instantly taken on a fast and energetic ride through fuzzed up hooks and lines that would have any of today's
wannabes quaking in their boots thinking "this is TOO catchy!"
We all have the long walks home from the pub at night when you need to hear something to keep you going, the times when you
really need that boost of energy, the moment you find that extra fiver deep in your pocket you forgot about, or just those plain and
simple times when you want to enjoy life, well simply put, you just may have found the soundtrack to your life.
Trust us this is vinyl gold dust, that chunky nugget we all look for in the musical rivers that flood our airwaves today and the best
thing to come out of Scotland since 'The Delgados' and 'Groundskeeper Willie', innovative and fun AT THE SAME TIME.
What popup have accomplished here however, shouldn't just be seen as an improvement on an earlier release, it should be viewed
as an accomplishment, one that shows Glasgow's finest have the knack for a fine tune, and one that provides us with the feeling
things can only get better.

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