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THE POPES OF CHILLITOWN
from July 2023
Date Signed: April 12, 2023
Label: Criminal Records
Band Members: Matthew Conner, vocals, acoustic guitar; Arvin Bancil, bass; Jack Ashley, drums, vocals, keys, percussion, programming; Thiago Trosso, saxophone, vocals; Leuan Williams, trombone, vocals; Mike Coppa, electric guitar
Type of Music: ska/punk/dub/hip-hop/drum n bass
Legal: Bray & Krais
Publicity: lisa@criminalrecords.cc; Jordan, Full Stride PR Web: popesofchillitown.com
A&R: The Kut (aka Princess Maha), Criminal Records
Yes, that name is ludicrous. If you’re anything like us, you initially misread it as the Popes of Chilltown. But no, it’s Chillitown a reference to a Chief Wiggum line from an episode of The Simpsons where Homer enters a chili cook-off.
It’s all good fun, and that sense of silliness is in line with the English band’s manic sound. Ska-punk slams head-on into dub and drum n bass to create something eminently danceable and just damned fun.
“The band started when me and a group of my mates at university in Nottingham were playing guitar instead of going to lectures, as you do,” confesses frontman Matt Conner. “We all started playing loads of reggae, reggae turned into ska-punk, which turned into punk, and over the years turned into drum n bass/metal.”
