Deadletter - Pop Culture Connoisseur

Nice Swan Recordings

£8.03

Format: 7" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: NSWNI012V
Barcode: 5400863080563
Release Date: 01 Apr 2022
Genre: Punk/Hardcore

 Deadletter release their new 7” single, ‘Pop Culture Connoisseur’. Hailing from Yorkshire, the now South London rooted band channel the droll fury of The Fall and the lopsided rhythms of Talking Heads into a strain of danceable post-punk, exploring the darker side of existence through a lens of narrative-driven levity.
 Previously supporting the likes of Squid, Viagra Boys and Pip Blom, Deadletter have emerged as a genuinely thrilling live prospect. Experts in the field of intensity, the band seamlessly switch from conversational verses into a mix of unadulterated
post-punk fury and irresistible rhythm, addressing themes such as bureaucracy, loss of personal identity and modern-day consumerism.
 New single, ‘Pop Culture Connoisseur’, produced by Theo Verney (TRAAMS, Lazarus Kane, FEET), finds singer and frontman Zac Lawrence switching from the overt politicism of previous releases into a more tongue-in-cheek narrative centred around the case of PC Read, a police officer fired for stealing doughnuts through a self service checkout. In addition to providing a case study into the fashion those in positions of authority often consider themselves above the law, the track also aims to comment at the manner modern morality so often relates to PR optics, as the cultural trope of law enforcement eating doughnuts is played out in real time.

Tracklisting
Pop Culture Connoisseur
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