Pop Noir

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Pop Noir is a Los Angeles-based indie dance-rock duo formed by British-born twin brothers Joe and Luke McGarry in 2004, while they were 16-year-old students at the Orange County High School of the Arts. The band began to build a following in the indie clubs of Southern California, and did a brief tour of Europe in late 2006, showcasing at In the City in Manchester,[1] and playing dates in London[2] and Paris.

The band has supported Doves,[3][4] Sebastien Tellier,[5] The Wombats,[6] The Pinker Tones,[7] A Certain Ratio, Iglu & Hartly,[8] Fitz and the Tantrums[9] and Robyn, and as of late 2015, played more than 300 shows.

Pop Noir has been featured on a number of compilation CDs, including Mr. Shovel's Check One... Two, Volume III, SweetFA3 (a charity album in aid of Joe Strummer's Strummerville),[10] and the original SweetFA compilation, which was given free as a covermount on UK music magazine Artrocker.[11]

The track "Girls of Prey" was released exclusively on RCRDLBL in the summer of 2008,[12] where it debuted in the Top 10, alongside Santigold, Moby and Tokyo Police Club.[13] "Girls of Prey" was featured in the "Extreme" level of the hugely popular iPhone and iPod Touch application Tap Tap Revenge 2, which consistently topped the download charts.[14]

The McGarrys are the sons of cartoonist and illustrator Steve McGarry, who previously designed record sleeves for Joy Division, Slaughter & the Dogs, Jilted John and John Cooper Clarke. The brothers are award-winning designers and illustrators in their own right. In 2007, they became the youngest-ever recipients of prestigious Silver T-Square Awards[15] from the National Cartoonists Society. Previous recipients include Milton Caniff, James Thurber, Mort Walker, Bil Keane, and two U.S. Presidents, Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.[16] Operating under the name of Fantastic Heat Brothers and primarily designing around the cartoon art of Luke, they have created the ongoing design aesthetic of Tenacious D's Festival Supreme[17] and the annual FYF Fest[18] in Los Angeles and amassed a client list that includes Matador Records, Universal Republic, Myspace and Vans.[19] The brothers have created animated videos for the bands Guster[20] and The Zambonis[21] among others, and in late 2015, IFC began airing a series of Festival Supreme shorts created by the pair. Luke has been featured in a number of art exhibitions in both the U.K.[22] and U.S.,[23] including his own month-long exhibition at Cartoon Network,[24] and in 2013, was nominated for the Illustrator of the Year Award from the National Cartoonists Society.[25] He has also twice appeared with Jack Black and Tenacious D at signing events at San Diego Comic Con, in 2013 and 2014.[26][27]

Pop Noir's debut single "DIY' was released on the Fantastic Heat label on November 16, 2009,[28] and debuted at No. 5 on the FMQB Specialty Radio charts.[29] The video for "DIY" was Spinner.com's Video of the Day,[30] and was voted mtvU's "Freshmen of the Week" in March 2010[31] following which, the video spent six weeks in rotation on the channel. "DIY" was featured on a number of TV show soundtracks, including episodes of the ABC show The Gates[32] and Fly Girls.

The band played a handful of dates in 2011 and 2012, including a Sold Out show at The Troubadour (West Hollywood, California) in Los Angeles with The Wombats,[33] before re-emerging in January 2013 with their second single on Fantastic Heat, a reworking of New Order's "Temptation". The track debuted at No. 2 on the FMQB Specialty Radio Charts.[34] To coincide with the release, Pop Noir played a month-long residency at The Constellation Room in Santa Ana, California.[35] The accompanying video, which was created, filmed and edited entirely by the brothers themselves, features multi-plane images of Joe playing all the instruments on the track, behind vocalist Luke.[36]

In September 2013, the band's third release, the Jealousy EP on Fantastic Heat, debuted at No. 8 on the FMQB Speciality Radio Charts, tied with Belle & Sebastian and Nine Inch Nails.[37] The video, shot in Los Angeles on location at The Echo, The Standard Hotel and the streets of Downtown LA, was premiered by UK music tastemaker Clash (magazine).[38][39] To promote the release, Pop Noir headlined The Echo in Los Angeles and played live on numerous local radio stations.[40][41]

The video for the band's fourth release on Fantastic Heat, "Don't Fool Yourself", premiered on April 30, 2015, with an Artist of the Day feature on Myspace[42] that unveiled a video, shot entirely on a GoPro camera, of the brothers driving the deserted streets of Downtown Los Angeles in the early hours. Released three weeks later, the "Don't Fool Yourself" single[43] debuted at No. 18 on the FMQB Charts and went top 20 on the KKBB Charts.[44] Pop Noir subsequently filmed an acoustic version of the track[45] for the UK'S Student Pocket Guide, along with a cover of QT's single "Hey QT".[46]

In September, 2018, Pop Noir released the single "White Jazz", which debuted in the FMQB Top 20. The accompanying video was shot entirely on location in Tokyo, Japan.[47]

In December, 2023, Pop Noir released the single "New Year's Day", a cover of the 1983 U2 song.[48]

Discography

Releases

Year Title Track listing[49]
2023
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		New Year's Day[50] 1. New Year's Day – 5:05
2018
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		White Jazz[51] 1. White Jazz – 4:06
2. White Jazz (Acoustic) – 3:46
2015
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Don't Fool Yourself[52] 1. Don't Fool Yourself – 4:24
2. Don't Fool Yourself (Instrumental) – 4:21
2013
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Jealousy[53] 1. Jealousy – 4:16
2. Bang the Drum – 4:36
3. Thick As Thieves – 3:29
Bang the Drum Slowly – 3:07
2013
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Temptation[54] 1. Temptation – 5:18
2. Temptation (Radio Edit) – 3:45
2009
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DIY[55] 1. DIY – 3:28
2. In Like a Lion – 3:28
3. DIY (DIY Not? Remix) – 3:42 (digital only)
2008
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Girls of Prey[56] 1. Girls of Prey – 3:53

References

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  1. ↑ [1] In the City 2006 Preview, Designer Magazine
  2. ↑ [2] Shot2Bits
  3. ↑ [3] Script error: No such module "webarchive". Stereogum Review and slide show, 5/15/09
  4. ↑ [4] OC Weekly slide show, May 18, 2009
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". RCRD LBL: Pop Noir backstage with Sebastien Tellier
  6. ↑ [5] Script error: No such module "webarchive". The Tape Is Not Sticky, 6/10/08
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Al Borde Magazine, 6/2/09
  8. ↑ [6]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Rock N Roll Supershow, 5/9/09
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". LAist, 2/19/10
  10. ↑ [7] Strummerville.com, SWEETFA3
  11. ↑ [8] Script error: No such module "webarchive". ARTROCKER 80, August 2008
  12. ↑ [9] L.A. Record, 6/12/08
  13. ↑ [10] Script error: No such module "webarchive". RCRD LBL Top Ten Week of June 15, 2008
  14. ↑ [11] The Business Insider, 3/5/09
  15. ↑ [12] The Daily Cartoonist, 5/28/07
  16. ↑ [13] Script error: No such module "webarchive". National Cartoonists Society, Awards
  17. ↑ [14] TimeOut, 6/8/15
  18. ↑ [15] FYF Official Tumblr
  19. ↑ [16] PR Log, 10/21/13
  20. ↑ [17] Guster "This Is How It Feels To Have A Broken Heart"
  21. ↑ [18] The Zambonis "I'm A Puck"
  22. ↑ [19] BBC News Manchester, 1/25/13
  23. ↑ [20] Script error: No such module "webarchive". Nerd Geek Feelings, 6/21/15
  24. ↑ [21] The Robots Voice, 5/7/14
  25. ↑ [22] Script error: No such module "webarchive". OC Weekly, 5/7/13
  26. ↑ [23] SDCC Blog, 7/22/14
  27. ↑ [24] Reuben.org, 7/21/14
  28. ↑ [25] Rock Steady
  29. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". FMQB SubModern Report
  30. ↑ [26] Script error: No such module "webarchive". Spinner.com, 3/31/10
  31. ↑ [27] mtvU, 3/26/10
  32. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  33. ↑ [28] Script error: No such module "webarchive". Troubadour Calendar, 2011
  34. ↑ [29] Script error: No such module "webarchive". Echoplex artist bio, 2013
  35. ↑ [30] Script error: No such module "webarchive". OC Weekly, 1/7/13
  36. ↑ [31] Pop Noir "Temptation"
  37. ↑ [32] FMQB SubModern Chart, September 2013
  38. ↑ [33] Pop Noir "Jealousy"
  39. ↑ [34] Clash Magazine, 9/11/13
  40. ↑ [35] Script error: No such module "webarchive". The Echo calendar, 2013
  41. ↑ [36] Pop Noir live on KX93.5
  42. ↑ [37] "Perfectly Named Pop Noir Premier New Single", Myspace, 4/30/15
  43. ↑ [38] Buzzbands, 5/28/15
  44. ↑ [39] FMQB and KKBB charts, May – June 2015
  45. ↑ [40] Pop Noir "Don't Fool Yourself (acoustic), SPGtv, 2015
  46. ↑ [41] Pop Noir "Hey QT (acoustic)", SPGtv, 2015
  47. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  48. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  49. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  50. ↑ Spotify
  51. ↑ iTunes
  52. ↑ iTunes
  53. ↑ iTunes
  54. ↑ Discogs.com: Pop Noir "Temptation" Single
  55. ↑ Discogs.com: Pop Noir "DIY" Single
  56. ↑ RCRDLBL.com: Pop Noir "Girls of Prey" Script error: No such module "webarchive".

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