International Teachers of Pop
International Teachers of Pop share new track & video ‘Flood The Club’ from their forthcoming 2nd album ‘Pop Gossip’ and the group are donating all proceeds from the track to help support their favourite venue, The Trades Club in Hebden Bridge.
Adrian Flanagan from the group said this: “ The Trades Club have been great supporters of ITOP and all my projects for years (Moonlandingz/ Eccentronic Research Council Etc) so we wanted to try help them during this time where independent grass roots venues are really struggling to keep afloat.
When your touring lots it does become a bit like Groundhog Day, you turn up at a venue, get shoved in a little windowless cubbyhole with a packet of crisps and a bottle of beer for a few hours before some grumpy chump comes and tells you to get on stage and you spring in to action!...Which is totally the opposite to how you get treated at The Trades Club ..at The Trades you get treated like family, you get treated like a human being and despite people thinking touring musicians come from another planet and are not like everyone else....we still miss our Mams and a decent hot meal ...Playing The trades club is always that much needed cuddle on the tour itinerary - and for that reason alone it’s our pleasure to try to do our little bit to help them!”
Speaking about the track he adds “It’s a bit darker than our usual electro pop fare, the track envisions a dystopian world of clubbing that’s very clean, nightclubs with their sprinklers on all night, taps over flowing on to the dance floor ..I guess it’s accidentally quite topical ! It’ll be interesting to see how this all pans out, I for one like my clubs a little grimy...If I’ve not left a club with soil on my knees and a strangers dribble on my shirt, I’ve not been out!!”
