POP ETC
In the midst of relocating from San Francisco to Brooklyn, slickly polished indie rock quartet the Morning Benders parted ways with bassist Tim Or and changed their name to POP ETC. This decision came after the band toured extensively and learned that the word "bender" had some homophobic slang connotations in parts of the U.K. In a press release regarding the name change, the band stated "We simply cannot go on using a name that is demeaning to the gay community. The reason we are making music is to reach and unite as many different kinds of people as possible, and the idea that our name may be hateful towards anyone makes us sick." Along with the name change, the move, and the reconfiguration of bandmembers (bandleader Chris Chu stayed on with multi-instrumentalists Julian Harmon and brother Jon Chu), POP ETC took on a drastically more radio-ready sound than the shimmery indie rock of the Morning Benders' albums. An eponymous debut album arrived in the summer of 2012, with slick production by Lil Wayne and Kanye West producer Andrew Dawson as well as a collaborative production with Danger Mouse. With reference to the time span between albums, which involved the recording "hundreds" of songs per Chu, their second album, the ten-track Souvenir, arrived in early 2016. In September 2017, POP ETC debuted the Infinite Singles Collection, a project that involved dropping new material every four to six weeks. Beginning with the track "Fingerprints," the band added three more singles and a Christmas EP to their catalog by the year's end.
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Never In Love
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 15 Jun 2018
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Covers Collection
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 26 Jul 2019
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Enough
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 19 Nov 2019
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Routine
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 14 Aug 2018
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Souvenir
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 29 Jan 2016
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Dreams
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 28 Jun 2019
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So Far Away
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 8 Oct 2019
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All the Wrong Places
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 31 May 2019
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Outside Looking In
Pop - Released by Pop Etc Records on 7 Sep 2017
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POP ETC
Alternative & Indie - Released by Rough Trade on 11 Jun 2012
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Broken Record
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 21 Sep 2018
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Slips Away
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 28 Apr 2022
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Same Mistake
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 22 Oct 2019
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Both Directions
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 10 May 2018
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Losing Yourself
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 26 Jan 2018
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I Still See It
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 5 Apr 2018
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A POP ETC Christmas
Rock - Released by Pop Etc Records on 15 Dec 2017
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When Push Comes to Shove
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 10 Sep 2019
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Sleight of Hand
Alternative & Indie - Released by Pop Etc Records on 10 Nov 2017
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