Norway's Pom poko make quite an impact on the edgy post-punk meets pop of "Jazz Baby"
It's hard to find much information about Trondheim's Pom poko. Partly down to the four-piece being relatively new, partly due to them sharing a name with a Studio Ghibli film.
The band are Martin Miguel Almagro Tonne, Ola Djupvik, Jonas Krøvel and Ragnhild Fangel Jamtveit and they've got two tracks to their name. First release "Birthday" is a clattering jam punctuated with singer Ragnhild Fangel Jamtveit's sing-song vocals which are sweetly vicious in their delivery.
Even better is second track "Jazz Baby". Beginning with terrific scratchy post-punk guitars, the song is immediately filled with an addicitve energy, added to by frenetic drumming. Jamtveit adds a cool, self-depricating vocal, singing "don't return my calls / it's never interesting what I have to say. / please ignore me if you ever see me" and the whole thing is just glorious. Instantly brilliant, engaging...and hopefully a band who have a lot more up their sleeve.
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