Goes well with lunch: 
New faces on the scene. Pushpin got started in 2020 and are self-described as “London’s finest purveyors of infectious wonky-pop noise”.
This session, their first-ever radio session, recorded on September 23, 2023 at Radio for John Kennedy’s Ex-Posure program gives some clue as to the somewhat loopy nature of their mission. In the short period of time they’ve been together (although various reports claim the germ of an idea was hatched in 2016 but the actual gung-ho of a full-fledged band got rolling in 2020) they’ve managed to get word of mouth rapidly spread around London and all indications they are an indie-band to watch for in the coming months.
Their debut album was issued in April 2022, smack in the middle of the pandemic but word-of-mouth did a lot to get the band noticed and they’ve had singles issued as early as 2021, laying the groundwork for previews of coming attractions.
As to the pertinent bits of who they are, where they came from, why are they doing this – there is an interview published on the Apocalypse Music website that gives a few clues here and there as to what they are doing, how did they get there and where are they going.
But the proof of this particular pudding is in the eating, so twelve minutes worth of their first live radio gig probably more than amply gives an indication what you can expect when you eventually dig in and buy the album (via bandcamp).
In the meantime, here’s a taste and sample of what people are talking in London of late – press play and find out.
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