MeetFactory & A.M.180: Popular Music
Schedule
Tue, 13 May, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
MeetFactory | Prague, PR
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„Beautifully ornate pop with a haunted heart.“ Popular Music je novým projektem Prudence Rees-Lee a Zaca Penningtona, frontmana kultovní experimentální kapely Parenthetical Girls, která se rozpadla před dvanácti lety.Jejich čarovná debutová nahrávka Popular Music Plays In Darkness se zrodila z experimentů s dekonstrukcí hudebního jazyka kinematografie minulého století. Synth-popové adaptace 12 více či méně obskurních písní stříbrného plátna společně Pennington a Rees-Lee nahráli mezi Hollywoodem a Melbourne na kazetový rekordér s pár analogovými synťáky a bicími automaty.
Následovala semi-autobiografická existenciální deska Minor Works of Popular Music zasazená do prostředí apokalyptického Los Angeles, kazetové mini-album Against Men i instrumentální sbírka vánočních koled Carols For Consumers.
Letos v květnu Popular Music vyráží na evropské turné se zastávkou v MeetFactory.
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„Truly astounding… exists in a realm inhabited by Sparks and Destroyer’s storied and theatrically minded lyricism with hints of Scott Walker and Gary Numan. Quite simply, there is nothing minor about this work.” — The Quietus
Vstupenky:
→ bit.ly/PopularMusicMF
390 Kč na webu MeetFactory a brzy také v síti GoOut
450 Kč na místě
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"Beautifully ornate pop with a haunted heart." Popular Music is the new project of Prudence Rees-Lee and Zac Pennington, frontman of the cult experimental band Parenthetical Girls, which broke up over a decade ago.
Their entrancing debut record Popular Music Plays In Darkness was born out of deconctruction of the musical language of last century's cinema. Together, Pennington and Rees-Lee recorded the haunting synth-pop adaptations of 12 more-or-less obscure silver screen song adaptations between Hollywood and Melbourne, using a Tascam 8-track cassette recorder, a small arsenal of analog synthesizers and rhythm boxes. On the LP, Popular Music engages in a conceptual dialogue with the myth of cinema — an attempt to embody the very literal darkness of sitting silently in an unlit auditorium, alone together, at the altar of an industry built on a semi-religious devotion to the escape fantasy. The debut was followed by the semi-autobiographical, existential album set in apocalyptic Los Angeles, Minor Works of Popular Music, released in 2023.
Last year, the band put out a casette-only mini album Against Men as well as an instrumental collection of eerie Christmas carols, titled Carols For Consumers.
This coming May, Popular Music embark on a European tour with a stop at MeetFactory.
„Truly astounding… exists in a realm inhabited by Sparks and Destroyer’s storied and theatrically minded lyricism with hints of Scott Walker and Gary Numan. Quite simply, there is nothing minor about this work.” — The Quietus
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Tickets:
→ bit.ly/PopularMusicMF
390 CZK via MeetFactory & GoOut (soon!)
450 CZK at the door
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Where is it happening?
MeetFactory, Ke Sklárně 3213/15, 150 00 Praha, Česko,Prague, Czech RepublicEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
