{"id":16584,"date":"2021-09-08T05:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=16584"},"modified":"2021-09-06T12:48:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T12:48:53","slug":"former-pooh-sticks-reunite-for-political-indiepop-punk-band-with-a-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=16584","title":{"rendered":"Former Pooh Sticks reunite for political\u00a0indiepop\u00a0punk band with a new album"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>Swansea Sound<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0band that came into being during lockdown and decided that\u00a0<\/span>fast<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>loud, political\u00a0<\/span>indiepop<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>punk was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the answer to being stuck in<\/span>doors<\/span>. \u00a0Who needs introspection? \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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Hue Williams is reunited with<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Pooh Sticks\u00a0<\/span>singing\u00a0<\/span>partner Amelia Fletcher<\/span>\u00a0(ex-<\/span>\u00a0Talulah Gosh,\u00a0<\/span>Heavenly)<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Rob Pursey (<\/span>also<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ex-Heavenly) and Ian Button<\/span>\u00a0(<\/span>Wreckless<\/span>\u00a0Eric\u2019s live collaborator)<\/span>\u00a0provide the noise. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Swansea Sound are\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>funny,\u00a0<\/span>angry<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>gleeful<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>savage\u00a0<\/span>past<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0present and future of ind<\/span>ie<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0The band has played\u00a0<\/span>just\u00a0<\/span>one gig in real life \u2013 but there will be more in 2022.<\/span><\/div>\n

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On\u00a0<\/span>debut album \u2018Live at the Rum Puncheon\u2019,<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>o<\/span>pening track\u00a0<\/span>\u2018Rock N Roll Void\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>catches you up on the past: a\u00a0<\/span>two-minute revision<\/span>\u00a0session to make sure you haven\u2019t forgotten The Kinks, The Ramones, and the brief explosion<\/span>\u00a0of noise pollution<\/span>\u00a0that was C86 pop.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The second track<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2018I Sold My Soul on eBay\u2019<\/span>, also two minutes long, savages\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>corporate piracy<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>digital\u00a0<\/span>present,\u00a0<\/span>where\u00a0<\/span>any<\/span>one<\/span>\u00a0can\u00a0<\/span>earn<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>plenty<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>\u2018likes\u2019<\/span>, but no-one<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>gets\u00a0<\/span>paid\u00a0<\/span>any money<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Next<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2018<\/span>I\u2019m OK When You\u2019re Around\u2019<\/span>\u00a0is\u00a0<\/span>a love song to\u00a0<\/span>all the\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>Swansea Sound would<\/span>\u00a0like to meet<\/span>\u00a0in the future<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>People they\u2019ve fallen in love\u00a0<\/span>with in<\/span>\u00a0digital<\/span>\u00a0chatrooms<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>new allies all over the world<\/span>\u00a0who\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>standing up to the digital giants<\/span>\u00a0and the shit-stirring\u00a0<\/span>racist\u00a0<\/span>trolls<\/span>\u00a0everyone\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0forced to\u00a0<\/span>share the internet<\/span>\u00a0with.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n