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Pom Poko: Champion review – garage rockers finding joy in the everyday


The third album from the Norwegian indie group reflects on their seven years together and the dramas of normal life – it’s the victorious sound of a band ‘still having fun’

Pom Poko: Champion album cover.Named after the cutely sinister Studio Ghibli animation, the four-piece combine surreal, often stream-of-consciousness lyrics with genuinely unpredictable garage rock. On one of the year’s great drum tracks, My Family marvels at their ability to grow and change as Ola Djupvik’s frenzied efforts rattle and shake and exhilarate, propelling the band skyward. Having fun, for Pom Poko, is both adrenaline fuelled and sweetly tender; their latest single, Go (“Go, go, go, go, GO!”), is nerve-jangling in a seize-the-day kind of way, with pop-punk chug and heart-skipping percussion.

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