Miles Poppycock- vocals guitars
The Captain- bass vocals
Mr Pugh- drumming
Willis- guitars keyboards
Influences
Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, Orange Juice, driving downhill into Honiton on the A35,
patterned wallpaper, Belle and Sebastian, The Small Faces, Graham Greene, The Kinks, Noel Coward, Squeeze, Stars of Aviation, Alec Guinness, kitchen sinks, fairground organ music, the sea, the moon, the turning of the seasons,
Spike Milligan, Roxy Music, XTC, Tommy Cooper, clear blue sky, Nice (in the south of France) and nice (like "all is well"), Bleeding Hearts - especially Chris and David, Dave and Susan in Canada, and countless others all bound together by an abiding affection for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe.
"The Poppycocks trade in gorgeous indie-pop with an edge. Check these guys out, they deserve to be huge." CD Times
"...first official release from a band that should really be a summer festival fixture already, with their perfectly crafted little nuggets of sunny joy and wry English humour." The Source
"The Poppycocks arrive onstage to save the day.....forging a sound that at once sounds completely original yet reassuringly familiar." Beat Happening
"Quintessentially English 'fop-pop' band The Poppycocks produce three-minute mini-miracles that recall Pulp, The Kinks, The Small Faces and Monochrome Set, but with a little bit more crunch and humour." Jeff Hemmings (Latest 7/ Juice 107.2 FM)
"Classic stuff here. The Poppycocks are best summed up in the following line from their sleeve notes - "it's nonsense, of little value, but without it we'd be lost and nothing". Well said that man." Drowned In Sound
Drift Records are very proud to present The Poppcycocks, check them out in their own words;
MILES POPPYCOCK: He marched the promenade parade, wide-eyed and feverish, and turned towards the sea. He first hummed a low baritone and then a high tenor, as if trying to find its key, scribbling furiously. Then he was on the beach, lost in the sound with his arms flailing...
THE CAPTAIN (strong but softly spoken): The mariner waded in, pulled the half-drowned Poppycock from the dark water, and sat him on deck. Recognising the need for a firm hand and a steely eye, he strapped on his bass guitar and raised his spy-glass, shouting "Engineer! Engineer"...
MR PUGH: Mr Pugh surfaced, grinning and waving like a maniac; "They don't make 'em like that anymore! It'd be my pleasure Captain." Then he started pounding away and suddenly it came to life. He danced and weaved to the rhythm of the engine, and they sailed through the harbour gate to the open sea...
WILLIS: The stowaway was found under a sail plucking strings. He soon convinced all that he could give grace and rough edges in equal measure, and then cast a line into the deep water. What a catch! Once fed, the four looked each other over, smiled, and burst into song...
CLANGER: He had been living under the sun for too long, and was easily persuaded to swap places with the stowaway, who yearned for the quietude of the island. His questionable social skills, and an appetite for fine wine and ice cream, made him difficult and messy, but he soon made up for it, and his music shimmered on the water and filled the air.
For some extravagant reason I thought you might be interested in our beat-style jazz-poetry interpretation of a spiritual journey on the road twixt Exeter and Exmouth, with the spirit of Jack Kerouac...
Hi guys!, thanks for the add, hope you are good, please say hi to Clanger from me, tell him its Ruth Bates's brother Andrew, really enjoyed you at budstock '07!, have a great day! Sozo
9th September. Trousseaux play the Rhythm Factory in London. ETA 8pm. Give the man in black three shiny Ducats and he’ll let you in. You’ll be happy! Too busy people will win our love and respect by please voting for us on http://www. absolutebrighton. tv/absolute-live-voting-page. html It takes five seconds. We timed it
Hello all. Long time no hear. Please have a listen to my pages, as there's always new songs to be heard. I know that you've probably started to use facebook alot, but for music, THIS is where it's at.....
Don't be a stranger.
trousseaux wheel their electro rock noise machine to Brighton's Freebutt, 1 Phoenix Place on Thursday 21st July. Will be goodness to see you.. 8.30pm.. mwah!
Eh up Milo, and yer Poppycocks of much melodic musical mellifluous joy :)
Trust all is well with yer lovely selves? Keen to hear yer new album :)
Thought yer might like know that the splendour of our new tune 'Ballad of Dennis Dunaway' is now uploaded, and dare I say, also available at fancier quality for a bargain amount at our Muffin bakery of musical delights :)
Thanks for all yer friendship yer source of quirk pop wonder :)
THIS FRIDAY 14th March at THE HALF MOON, HERNE HILL, London SE24
Glam Chops - The Glam Rock revival starts here. ART BRUT front man Eddie Argos has formed what he describes as an ‘orthodox glam rock outfit’, an indie supergroup with David Devant, Stuffy (Graham Coxons drummer) and others (including our own Paul Guided Missile), with glittery suits, platform shoes, make up.. and all the necessary synchronized stage stomping. Live they appear with Bath’s sensational dance troupe The Panther Girls, dancing and joining in on the parts where everyone shouts out “Hey!”
Walker - South of the North come Walker, Doncaster to be precise. Impossible to talk about this band without mentioning their vast musical heritage: Past members of The Wedding Present, Beachbuggy & Future ex-Wife they pull together a noise where Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jnr. and Husker Du spring to mind but for some reason Mark Almonds camper slacker brother seems to be on vocals.
The Strategy - Garagey noise from this up and coming 4 piece from London & South Bucks. Fast paced tunes that recall the original Adam & The Antz & Buzzcocks mixed with cheeky lyrical and vocal stylings akin to The Hives.
Come and visit us down.. The Akoustic Karma Lounge Brighton's Premiere Open Mic Night! Every monday @ The Hope, Brighton! Booking slots from 8!
We have also started up a new acoustic showcase night every last thursday of the month! please check out www. myspace. com/originalmusicknights for more information!
Take care, hope ur having a great start to 2008 and hope to see you soon!
TOMORROW!! 6th March - HRT single launch party at the Penthouse!!! With HRT DJing a suitably....intriguing set of the influences that have helped shape their sound. Plus special guest DJ Danny Laish will be giving us some tunes too. Plus Plus yr residents Meatbreak and Fokka Wolfe will be playing more new releases, demos and rare cuts from Brighton and beyond. PLUS PLUS PLUS, there will be v.v.v. limited edition CD versions of this months NFR mix, plus even v-er v-er v-er limited screen printed posters. AND the cheapest drinks in Brighton:::
You can get a taster of the night with February’s Not For Resale mix, up now for you to download free from here:
(cut + paste – MySpazz makes it live, then won’t let you follow it. Dur.)
…with new demos and tracks from these peoples:
A Death Cinematic / Action Beat / Aged Yummy / The Flesh Happening / Foxes! / Hot Damn / I Am Blip / Keyboard Choir / Laish / The Middle Computer / One Unique Signal / Planet Earth / Pseudo Nippon / The Riddles / Riotmen / Sharing Sheaths / Shin Jin Rui…
The big guns and big tunes are out for Fridays second round of the NFR vs.OIB Xmas Showdown.
Greenhouse Effect, from 8pm 'til 2am. Check it >>>
DJ’s playing this kind of stuff:
Ack Ack Ack / Blood Red Shoes / Clockcleaner / DIM / Everyone To The Anderson / Foals / Girls from Egypt / Heavy Winged / Iron Pirate / Justice / ::Kinema:: / Lonely Ghosts / MIA / Numero / Of Montreal / Passions / Quintron / Revenge Of Shinobi / SMD / The Teenagers / The Utopians / Von Sudenfed / White Hills / XX Teens / Yuchi / Zombi Zombi
With one of the best live line-ups we've ever had and our first festive season upon us, things should be pretty entertaining.
Hello poppycocks, you probably wear socks, doors have locks, boats live in docks, ive run out of rhyme related sentences. it was a team effort to piece together the events of indietracks, it was basically the most fun we ever had. you were all lovely. keir especially liked the moustache, he has already ordered one. Hope you all got back ok, much love, deirdre xx
No longer at Fitzherberts, it will be starting a new life at The Penthouse (above the Freebutt) on the 27th November.
You are cordially invited to our massive big party type thing, starting at 8pm.
Guest DJ's Old Mayor and The Dirty Socials will be spinning us some of their favourite party starting tunes, plus yer usual residents Meatbreak and Fokka Wolfe will be playing demos and new music until we’re sick.
We'll also be giving away some special ultra limited handmade t-shirts and hand numbered NFR mixes to the first lucky few who want them.
Owen Old Mayor made us this beautiful poster to announce the occasion:
