News
Plus Muzz, Ela Minus, Austra, Faye Webster, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 17, 2020
By Christopher Roberts (with Lily Guthrie)
Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under lockdown, with lots of debate on when things can get back to normal. Still not anytime soon it seems. More
New Album Due Later This Year
Apr 17, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
British dream-pop/shoegazer duo The Death of Pop have shared a new song, “Once Good,” via a video for the track. Brothers Angus James and Oliver James formed in the south-coast of England in 2013, releasing their debut album, Fed Up, in 2017, with various other singles along the way. More
Apr 19, 2016
By Michael Wojtas
Today, we’re premiering “Don’t Bother Me,” the latest single from London’s The Death of Pop. More
Bubble Bath EP Out July 10 via Label Fandango
Jun 30, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Lots of bands in the last decade or so have tried to recapture the glorious sounds of the early ‘90s shoegazing movement, but few have been so convincing in the last couple of years at both channeling the shoegazing vibe and making it their own as London four-piece The Death of Pop. More
Interviews
Angus James, Thom James, and Isaac Jones on Their Parents, Former Bullies, and Back to the Future
Jan 30, 2015
By Mark Redfern
For Under the Radar’s 12th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2014. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2014 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More
Jan 26, 2015
By Frank Valish
After slogging it out in various unnamed and unknown bands throughout his youth, Angus James of U.K.‘s The Death of Pop had enough. He decided to pack in the life of an unemployed musician and get a job.
Sep 19, 2014
By Frank Valish
After playing in various bands throughout their youth, Angus James and his brother Oliver (Ollie) began writing songs over the Christmas holiday in 2012. When the first two songs they had written, “Nowhere” and “Don’t Hang Around,” were discovered by British blog Crack in the Road, Angus (guitar/vocals/keys) and Oliver (guitar/vocals) recruited their other brother Thom (drums), as well as Isaac Jones (bass) and George Abram (a non-musical fifth member of the band who assists in writing and does the band’s artwork) and started a proper band. More
Reviews
Jun 16, 2021
By Dom Gourlay
Ambient synthpop duo The Death of Pop release much vaunted second long player, Seconds. More