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‘Detainer Man’
Taken from new EP Typing,
released 29th October 2021
on Prah Recordings
https://youtu.be/hU0C-1-qNnI
“This song is written from the perspective of a brainwashed police officer, preprogrammed to inflict abuse upon a person not conforming to the system. Robotic self orders instruct the officer to detain people.”
The nightmare continues. Last summer, Pozi’s 176 EP came out just as the coronavirus pandemic was offering us its first false dawn. Fast forward twelve months and another devastating wave later, we’re still a disorientated, shell-shocked mess; moving once again towards normality, but with the energy-sapping tension of continued restrictions. A grimly perfect time then for the south London three-piece to return with new EP ‘Typing’ on PRAH Recordings.
You can link themes of anxiety all the way back to drummer/vocalist Toby Burroughs, violinist/vocalist Rosa Brook and bassist/vocalist Tom Jones’ 2019 LP PZ1. It’s in the music of their wire-pulled-tight post-punk, which has always been gripped with tension; and it’s in their lyrics, whether they’re trying to avoid the dull glow of phone addiction, dealing with social anxieties, or addressing national-scale scandals such as the Grenfell tower tragedy.
Opener Detainer Man is a surging rush of thick bass lines, fidgety string squalls and frantic call and response vocals. It’s a queasy but exhilarating ride, complimenting the group’s intentionally minimalist sonic palette, as Burroughs and Brook take on the role of a pre-programmed police officer dishing out abuse. It’s inspiration could’ve been drawn from any number of protests held over the past year.
Mixing green screen acting and 3D animation, the video draws from classic anime flicks and shows a high-speed police chase in an 8-bit Blade Runner dystopia. “Detainer Man is about the ghosts of police officers taking revenge on society by rising from the dead to wreak havoc on Dystopia” says the video’s director and animator, Dylan Copeland
Typing isn’t a lockdown record, but it has been informed by it. More importantly, though, it’s yet another significant step forward from a band who’ve so far felt like something of an underground secret, despite being championed by BBC Radio 6 Music and in various places by contemporaries such as Sleaford Mods, Squid and Sports Team. Once restrictions do finally lift, that may no longer be the case.
Tracklist:
2. Free Day
3. Typing
5. Cover It Up
Live Dates
29/10 – Newcastle, Bobiks
30/10 – Leeds, Dark Arts
10/11 – Nottingham, Bodega
13/11 – Glasgow, Stag & Dagger
14/11 – Sheffield, Yellow Arch
17/11 – Tunbridge Wells, Forum
18/11 – Cambridge, Portland Arms
19/11 – Cardiff, The Moon
20/11 – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
21/11 – Oxford, Fusion Arts Centre
24/11 – London, The Lexington
25/11 – Margate, Elsewhere
26/11 – Southampton, Joiners
01/12 – Brighton, Hope & Ruin
02/12 – Reading, Face Bar
03/12 – Leicester, Cookie
04/12 – Manchester, Yes
Pre-order Typing here https://prah.plctrmm.to/DM