Popstrangers
Popstrangers is Joel Flyger, Adam Page and David Larson; three native New Z… Read Full Bio ↴Popstrangers is Joel Flyger, Adam Page and David Larson; three native New Zealanders, residing in London, England, who make distinctive off kilter pop music.
The band formed in Wellington after the three members connected over their shared histories of bad day jobs, a mutual interest in 80′s New Zealand Punk bands and most importantly, a desire to create music with like-minded people. With a name conceived minutes before their first official show, their heavy yet accessible sound has developed to include songs indebted to ‘80s pop, a progression evident on the band’s latest album, Fortuna.
Popstrangers unleashed their early, noisy melodies on two well-received EPs and a full-length, Antipodes, their Carpark debut.
The band have converted listeners into followers at Big Day Out and Rhythm and Vines festivals with their dynamic live show. In addition to playing CMJ, Popstrangers have supported MGMT, Crocodiles, Dinosaur Jr & Wild Nothing on their NZ & Australian tours. The band also found themselves in a strange, and somewhat uncomfortable position; being nominated for the Critics Choice Award at the 2011 NZ Music Awards.
November 2013 saw the release of the Rats In The Palm Trees 7”, which can be seen as a—at least temporary—farewell wave to the hard-driving, punk-influenced, and sonically inimitable sound of Antipodes. On Fortuna, the band takes a step away from the noise. That ferocity isn’t lost though—it’s still felt in the power of the new songs.
Popstrangers’ London move hasn’t been easy, but through that hardship has come new ideas for songwriting. Fortuna is a document of the move and the themes include, love, loss, and the struggles of adapting to new ways.
The band formed in Wellington after the three members connected over their shared histories of bad day jobs, a mutual interest in 80′s New Zealand Punk bands and most importantly, a desire to create music with like-minded people. With a name conceived minutes before their first official show, their heavy yet accessible sound has developed to include songs indebted to ‘80s pop, a progression evident on the band’s latest album, Fortuna.
Popstrangers unleashed their early, noisy melodies on two well-received EPs and a full-length, Antipodes, their Carpark debut.
The band have converted listeners into followers at Big Day Out and Rhythm and Vines festivals with their dynamic live show. In addition to playing CMJ, Popstrangers have supported MGMT, Crocodiles, Dinosaur Jr & Wild Nothing on their NZ & Australian tours. The band also found themselves in a strange, and somewhat uncomfortable position; being nominated for the Critics Choice Award at the 2011 NZ Music Awards.
November 2013 saw the release of the Rats In The Palm Trees 7”, which can be seen as a—at least temporary—farewell wave to the hard-driving, punk-influenced, and sonically inimitable sound of Antipodes. On Fortuna, the band takes a step away from the noise. That ferocity isn’t lost though—it’s still felt in the power of the new songs.
Popstrangers’ London move hasn’t been easy, but through that hardship has come new ideas for songwriting. Fortuna is a document of the move and the themes include, love, loss, and the struggles of adapting to new ways.
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Popstrangers Lyrics
Ain't Got You it sings softly, easily walks beside you, then it's gone are…
Are Pigeons Doves oh girl tell me stories about the world tell me how…
Are Pigeons Doves? oh girl tell me stories about the world tell me how…
Country Kills Ghost, you are like, so black and white; You could be…
Distress they like to hear the sound of your neck cracking like…
Flood would you believe there is people like me people like you…
Heaven Inside my head is... I never know just what to…
In Spirit dream of something, dream of colours, dream of sand picture …
Like Paper look at the country, geographic lines a place of comfort, ti…
NO I.D. digitalise, nowhere to run digitalise, a scan of the eyes no…
Shine when you're on your run through sheets of silver I follow,…
Silhouette silhouette i no longer need ya silhouette i come to defeat…
Try Trust try trust, if you can try trust hand in hand we grow…