{"product_id":"smiling-pools","title":"Smiling Pools","description":"\u003cp\u003ePozi are the sort of band to tackle the creative cycle of deconstruction and rebuilding with relish. Second album \u003ci\u003eSmiling Pools\u003c\/i\u003e - released by Prah Recordings – is testament to that. An LP that sees them at their most expansive yet, it follows a gradual swelling of their sound across two EPs proceeding the urgent, self-enforced minimalism of their debut album PZ1 in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trio of Toby Burroughs, Rosa Brook, and Tom Jones quickly established something of a foundational template on that first album: a hyper-skeletal sound palette of drums, bass and three distinct vocals disrupted by Rosa’s churning violins, from which emerged biting social observations and political angst – debut single and angry retort to the 2017 Grenfell tragedy KCTMO still takes pride of place in their live set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese hallmarks haven’t fully gone away over time but from that urgent energy there has emerged greater confidence and a playful desire to push further out from the loose genre tag of post-punk they were initially saddled with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“We want our music to evoke a feeling and emotion rather than just being a commentary. I feel that the tracks on Smiling Pools demonstrate that we’re taking our music to a different place and we want to bring the listener along on that journey.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prah Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Blue LP","offer_id":50417507467595,"sku":"2008490","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cKniCizA_d98e0a5b_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1726731562","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/smiling-pools","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}