Mark Stewart - The Pop Group

<p> </p> <p>The Pop Group are an English band formed in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol'>Bristol</a> in 1977 by vocalist <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Stewart_(musician)'>Mark Stewart</a>, guitarist <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waddington_(musician)'>John Waddington</a>, bassist <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Underwood'>Simon Underwood</a>, guitarist/saxophonist <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Sager'>Gareth Sager</a>, and drummer <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Smith_(musician)'>Bruce Smith</a>.<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pop_Group#cite_note-rollingstone.com-5'>[5]</a> Their work in the late 1970s crossed diverse musical influences including <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_reggae'>dub</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk'>funk</a>, and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_jazz'>free jazz</a> with <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_politics'>radical politics</a>, helping to pioneer <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-punk'>post-punk</a> music.</p> <p>The Pop Group and dub maestro Dennis ‘Blackbeard’ Bovell MBE have shared a new track from their forthcoming dub version of The Pop Group’s debut album, Y, one of the era-defining releases of the post-punk period. This new track gives another taste of what to expect from this clash of the titan’s forthcoming release, Y in Dub, out on 29 October 2021 on Mute.</p>