The Populars

THE POPULARS carry the torch of great power-trios passed on by THE POLICE, NOMEANSNO, HUSKER DU, THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, ETC... Now, 3 years since parting ways with seminal roots-rocker MIKE PLUME, THE POPULARS mark the first chapter of a story too strange to believe with the release of the vindicator LP, From living in Nashville-touringNorth America andEurope constantly, to having only a van and the conviction to continue as career musicians, THE POPULARS moved toPrescott,ON. A quiet small town on the shore of theSt. Lawrence River. Back to their homeland with a back yard view of the dream they had to leave behind. In an area historically known forCanada's great battles for independence, the band prepared to make their stand-as their own nation under their own flag. Produced by Thomas Ryder Payne, the vindicator LP is the record THE POPS have dreamed of making since childhood. The album blends the many influences of the band in a way that one could expect from only THE POPULARS. A rock album like no other- the vindicator LP, sounds as sci-fi as it does lo-fi. Drenched in furious guitar, spine-tingling feedback, synth pads and digital noise, the album is inexpl... more...