This Sheffield trio make invigorating synthpop for difficult times
When times are hard for Britain, Sheffield produces brilliant electronic pop groups. The Human League in the 80s, Moloko in the early 90s… and now International Teachers of Pop, arriving ready for Brexit with a dazzling debut album and tour.
They first appeared last summer with minor-key synthpop epic Age of the Train, which they described as “Northern Rail-baiting nerd disco”. A sample of an automated station announcement (about a delay to the 13.21 to Manchester airport) graced the middle-eight, and other songs tackle modern life’s absurdities through similarly witty means. On Repeat is about the monotony of going to work in May’s Britain set to a Giorgio Moroder-style soundtrack. A Kraftwerk-like cover of Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall is, fittingly, called The Re-moaner Mix.
ITOP’s self-titled debut is released on Desolate Spools on 8 February on Desperate Spools; their tour begins on 16 February in Glasgow
Continue reading...by Jude Rogers via Electronic music | The Guardian
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