Pop. 1280 Imps of Perversion

track listing: 1 Lights Out 2 The Control Freak 3 Population Control 4 Nailhouse 5 Human Probe II 6 Do the Anglerfish 7 Dawn of Man 8 Coma Baby 9 Human Probe 10 Riding Shotgun

Key Information / Selling Points: Hometown / Key Markets: • NYC / Chicago, Ohio, Midwest

Related Catalog: • Pop. 1280 The Grid SBR-041 12"EP 616892109167 • Pop. 1280 The Horror SBR-068 LP/CD 616892013747

Press: Imps of Perversion, Pop. 1280’s second full-length for Sacred Bones, finds the four- • Previous coverage on Pitchfork 7.5, “Band to Watch” on piece shaking off the hangover that was their critically acclaimedL P The Horror, Stereogum, Village Voice print feature and diving back down into the basement to enjoy the depravity. Recorded at BC Studio with legendary producer Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Cop Shoot Cop, Promotion / Marketing: Swans), Pop. 1280 have created their most cohesive and powerful statement to date. • Pop.1280 will be rolling out a non-traditional press Woven together with stories of lust, sexual confusion, temptation, and debauch- campaign with several short form videos shot on VHS ery, Imps forms a tight web of manic synth-punk, bad-trip acid jams and bludgeon- • Key retail marketing w/ direct accounts ing industrial beats. This is the sound of a band having fun and pushing the limits of their brand of industrial-punk with tighter songwriting and more dynamic RIYL: Birthday Party, Suicide, Jesus Lizard, Metz, musicianship. On Imps of Perversion, Gary Numan-esque analog synths bubble Pissed Jeans across acrid, blistering guitars, driving bass lines and crushing rhythms. From the opening noise-rock blast of “Lights Out” to the industrial groove of “Human catalog #: SBR-104 CD: Probe II” through to the synth-punk ripper “Do the Anglerfish,” this new album is artist: Pop. 1280 a celebration of making bad decisions again and again. Pop. 1280 knows the party’s title: Imps of Perversion going to have to end, but they’re going to get their kicks before the drones lock in genre: Punk LP: for the finale. They have toured the east coast and Midwest extensively, and they Release Date: 8-6-2013 will be hitting the west coast for the first time this fall and Europe in winter. available formats: CD, LP territory restrictions: None Press Quotes: Vinyl is not returnable “The dystopian futurism of an early David Cronenberg film, but delivered with Box Lot: CD 30 / LP 45 merciless, medieval brute force.” -Pitchfork

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