Occasionally I will have a wee check at some stats relating to TVV and I always get a kick when I see that readers come from all corners of the globe. Now I'm guessing that most folk come by to have a listen to songs or bands they are well familiar with - maybe to grab a listen to a long-forgotten b-side or the like - but I'm hoping some are doing so on the basis of taking a chence on something a bit different.I thought that today I'd dig something out from the cupboard that might be a bit less well-known, particularly outside of Scotland. I'm starting with one of my favourite 45s from back in 2006:-
mp3 : Popup - Lucy, What Are You Trying To Say?
mp3 : Popup - In Her Day (Chuck's -a-legend Mix)
Popup consist of Michael Cross, Damian Gilhooly, Adrienne Giudici and Nicholas Guidici. Lucy..... was their debut single and at the time I think at the time of its release, all of the band were students at various educational establishments in Glasgow. It took until 2008 before their debut LP, A Time And A Place, was released, thanks to financial support from The National Lottery and the Scottish Arts Council.
Since then, the band have been relatively quiet, but according to their myspace site work is progresing on demos fro a second LP while they've been confirmed as playing a couple of shows at the forthcoming SxSW festival in Austin, Texas. Hopefully they'll be out and about gigging in the Glasgow area again before too long. I'll easily be the oldest person in the room.......
Here's two promo videos for the single:-
I reckon this is as good a way to start any morning, never mind a particularly drab, dreich, dark and depressing one such as today.
2 comments:
you’ve got great elements there and I do like how you encourage the readers to take the time to think.
Loved the debut album, still do. There were a few demos of new stuff kicking around a while back, I'll have a dig and see if I still have any of them.
Saw the band for the first time in almost exactly two years back in November there, sadly it was a bit of a let down. Technical issues kicked in after a couple of songs and they never really recovered their confidence after that. Hopefully next time I catch them their gear won't break down!
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