{"product_id":"birthday","title":"Birthday","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePom Poko\u003c\/strong\u003e release their debut album, \u003cem\u003eBirthday\u003c\/em\u003e, via Bella Union. Between the quartet’s sweetly punky melodies and disco-fried art-rock eruptions, a spirit of free-firing, balls-out individuality courses through this exhilarating debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe band’s own bad-ass-ery is writ large on album opener \"\u003cem\u003eTheme1\u003c\/em\u003e,\" which locates a sweet spot between Deerhoof and Battles as singer Ragnhild issues loud, clear rebel yells over Martin’s math-rock guitar. Singles \"\u003cem\u003eMy Blood\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eFollow The Lights\u003c\/em\u003e\" layer seductively sweet melodies over squalls of sound, while the funk-fired \"\u003cem\u003eMy Work Is Full of Art\u003c\/em\u003e\" offers a kind of mission statement: “I’ll just let freaky surround me,” sings Fangel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElsewhere, Pom Poko’s instinctive dynamism teases uplifting thrills from boundary-melting experiments. Glacial shards of guitar bounce off steel-drum flurries on the rapid-fire serotonin fix of \"\u003cem\u003eBlue\u003c\/em\u003e,\" before the sweetly infatuated \"\u003cem\u003eHoney\u003c\/em\u003e\" comes sequenced next to the thrashing tonal lurches of \"\u003cem\u003eCrazy Energy Night\u003c\/em\u003e.\" The sing-song title-track spikes the ranks of sweetly sad birthday songs with a rebellious sting (“I’m not your bitch!”), while \"\u003cem\u003eDaytripper\u003c\/em\u003e\" is a commanding come-on from a band who are no more likely to mince their words than limit their range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf U Want Me 2 Stay resembles \u003cem\u003eThe Tra La La Song\u003c\/em\u003e retooled as a sci-fi cyber-pop anthem of carefree defiance, while \"\u003cem\u003ePeachy\u003c\/em\u003e\" closes the album with an exultant melody and one last declaration of transformative independence: “Watch me as I shape shift.” LP - 180 Gram Vinyl housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Download.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bella Union","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50498118844747,"sku":"1049695","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50498118975819,"sku":"1049692","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9026421d-c0bb-45f8-b33b-59bbdbfa0150_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727739845","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/birthday","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}