Indie Rot by Poprocket

Knowing all this, the guys (and gal) in Poprocket officially released their product Friday night at the Evening Muse. Attendance was high -- to a Poprocketeer, it must have looked like big walking dollar signs coming through the door. Taking the stage after a stellar early show by songstress Danielle Howle, Poprocket were brilliant. Jay Garrigan howled like Bon Scott. Bassist Jenny Plyler did her best Kim Gordon impersonation. "Drummist" Shawn Lynch wore a maroon paisley suit that would've made Elvis (Mach III) salivate. Playing songs off their new record, Indie Rot, Poprocket exhibited the kind of reckless enthusiasm that a band should have when playing in front of an easy, "home" crowd. Garrigan led the band through songs like "Hey Andy" and "Kill Your Boss," in between shilling product from the stage. At the end of the show, the band joined friends and family and fans out in the audience, before jumping back up on stage to do a blistering version of The Who's "My Generation" with The Rachel Nevadas. Hands clapped people's backs. Beers were hoisted to the Bacchanalian gods who oversaw such a fine affair. People shuffled home, and the band loaded up their gear. "See you soons" were delivered with a flourish, and the band was gone. All except for the life of the party, that is -- alone in the darkened bar like a person not wanting their birthday to end sat a box, filled to the brim with copies of Indie Rot. See you soon, indeed.

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"Each song is an adventure, the tempo and mood can careen around the stage like some manic child full of sugar that will run up and kick you in the shin, do a lap around the room and then come back and give you a hug. A Poprocket song doesn't conclude, it crashes or implodes and when the feedback dies it's just three guys looking a bit sheepish as if to say, that was pretty intense but hey, it's just us." - Ed McDonald, Music Comit Magazine

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"...Featured is Charlotte, NC trio Poprocket, a jangle-pop outfit a bit like the Smithereens with a touch of the buckleys in the vocals and the Beatles in the backbeat." - Nicoll/Ware, Creative Loafing, Atlanta.

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"Poprocket - Adventurous pop music in the mold of the Pixies, the Smithereens, with a little Sonic Youth-style dissonance thrown in for good measure. Jay "J" Garrigan's songs are primarily composed of delightfully skewed looks at relationships and life." Tim Davis, Creative Loafing

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"We were struck by the thoughtful yet entertaining lyrics of one of the most energetic pop bands to come through our fair city in months." - Tomi Siegal, Hipcity.net, Atlanta

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"The most fantastic part of this trio would have to be the lyrics (well, almost - J's wonderful facial expressions). The lyrics aren't just catchy, but vary from deeply moving to downright irresistible. I envision Popprocket to be one of the most promising bands to come out of Charlotte these days." Kathy Everhart, Bittersweet Magazine.

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"J. Garrigan and the boys are touring like mad at this point, which may be just what the doctor ordered: Garrigan's songwriting may be rooted in the green pastures of classic pop, but it's surrounded by barbed-wire hooks that make the band's smoother-than-ever musical delivery even more noticeable in contrast. A band that takes itself seriously by not taking itself too seriously, if that makes any sense. With the Daybreakers, Thursday, Fat City, and with Crooked Fingers, Saturday, Tremont Music Hall. " Tim Davis, Creative Loafing

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