Cult Indie band The Pocket Gods hit the headlines earlier this year when they released a 1,000-track album of 30 second songs to protest Spotify's royalty rates. Frontman Mark Christopher Lee seems to have a flair for self-promotion, as the Pocket Gods also hold the world record for longest song. Inspired by an imagined encounter with extra-terrestrials 'Song for First Contact' weighs in at a mere 48 hrs!
Damien Sullivan's review of their latest release The Difficult 73rd Album concludes "Mark Christopher Lee and his cohorts continue to make some of the finest eclectic and genre bending music around with lyrics that sometimes are a little difficult to define but that to me is the beauty of this bands style. I`m led to believe we have study packs to research the life and works of John Cooper Clarke as preparation for the GCSE English Literature exams. So maybe we should start a campaign for something similar for The Pocket Gods as there`s plenty of material to utilise. In the meantime, I look forward to the not so difficult 74th album".
"Apocalyptic Christmas", released in 2021, is a festive banger that I'd be more than happy to kick off my traditional Christmas Eve party with.
Swirling goth-rock from the big voice behind '90s outfit Sunshine Blind, featuring a who's-who of dark underground denizens. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 31, 2020
The enigmatic Frank Ene's solo record lives in a magical world where Serge Gainsbourg fronts Yellow Magic Orchestra. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 17, 2022