Bad Pop
"Come Down Here" (Single)
[Killing Moon]
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RIYL: The Pixies, Supergrass, Toyko Police Club, Destroyer
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Debut single for their new EP, Psych Pedal, out next year and closely following 2021's Dark Metal EP
Frontman Chris Connelly was also the main voice behind Edmonton indie-pop band Hot Panda and released 3 albums on Mint Records.
Bad Pop's debut album peaked at #21 on the College charts in the US and #8 on !earshot in Canada
Bad Pop toured the UK, Europe, and North America, playing festivals like SXSW, The Great Escape, Reeperbahn & even the Bacardi Weekender in India.
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Come Down Here (Single)
Bad Pop is an indie rock band fronted by Chris Connelly and formed in 2015 from the ashes of Hot Panda. This Canadian band sounds furious and refreshing, a deluge of raw punk rock energy, warm analog psychedelia, and cheeky nihilistic musings of living under the strictures of late-stage, techno über capitalism.
After releasing their debut self-titled album, with peaked at #21 on the CMJ charts in the US and #8 on Earshot! Bad Pop toured the UK, Europe, and North America playing festivals like SXSW, The Great Escape, Reeperbahn & even the Barcardi Weekender in India. They’ve been played by MistaJam, Huw Stephens & Phil Taggert on BBC Radio 1 and by Gary Powell from The Libertines on Boogaloo Radio.
They followed it up with two complementary EPs “Dark Metal” (June 2021) & “Psych Pedal” (early 2022) that were both recorded using Zoom and a good internet connection during lockdown while a pandemic gripped the world. If “Dark Metal” is an angsty, punk rock brick through a window then “Psych Pedal” is its drugged-out sibling, still chock-full of nihilistic commentary but more likely to drop psychedelics, sink into the couch and laugh at the absurdity of the world. It was created with reckless abandon and complete disregard for the rules of musical engineering. It’s a collection of sad and cheeky songs for people sick of scrolling on their phones but are scrolling anyway.
PRESS:
SPIN: "Vancouver weirdos turn Destroyer's blues into noisy brilliance with big fuzz, body of brains."
THE LINE OF BEST FIT: "Flush with their own distinct, tight-AF post-slacker sound"
UNILAD: "Self-deprecating pop malice"
MUSIC CROWNS: "Bad Pop are back with a bang. Fizzing, angry guitars, and singer Chris Connelly’s signature vocal delivery ...Bad Pop aren’t showing any signs of slowing down."
UNRECORDED: "A musical middle finger to growing up and all the down-sides that come with it."