Taking inspiration from the early effervescence of Supergrass, Belle & Sebastian's playful twee and the unashamedly pop attitude of The Feeling, Voxpop are quite remarkably unsigned. Then again, Voxpop members Alex Miller and Beau Barnard didn't have the greatest of times on a major label (Columbia) as part of The Upper Room, who put out the delectable pop track 'Black & White' in 2006 [Youtube vid].
I have a couple of Voxpop's excellent demos to share and then you too can understand why this band are a stadium-pop act waiting to happen. 'Bad News' is anthemic perfection and the galloping piano-pop of 'The Boomerang Generation' is the first fruit from recording with flavour-of-yesteryear Paul Epworth. Admittedly, Voxpop's depth extends further than this uptempo selection, with the melancholic 'Hacienda Motel' and slow burning 'In Love With The Modern World' being other highlights of their demo catalogue. If there's any justice in the music world, Voxpop will succeed where The Upper Room failed.
Voxpop are playing a handful of dates in London over the summer, listed on their [MySpace]. Other tracks are available for purchase at [intomusic.co.uk].
3 comments:
flavour of yesterday? you call WRITING and producing kate nash's number 1 album? getting nominated for an Ivor? sam sparro AND the forthcoming bloc party (thank god)?
get your facts right.
voxpop rule
I must confess. I did buy The Upper Room album (well my girlfriend at the time did), "Other People's Problems", but I could never really force myself to give it the attention many say it deserves. Maybe Voxpop will finish the job!
To Anon: calling him the flavour of yesteryear was not meant to be a jibe to Mr Epworth, just a nod to his amazingly prolificacy in 2005. It was just a throwaway term.
To soulsontape: I was never really a huge fan of The Upper Room. I loved 'Black & White' but that was about it. Voxpop are much more my cup of tea.
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