Hows My Pop were a four-piece, indie rock band from
Lancaster, England
Lancaster (, ) is a city and the county town of Lancashire, England, standing on the River Lune. Its population of 52,234 compares with one of 138,375 in the wider City of Lancaster local government district. The House of Lancaster was a bran ...
.
Career
The band formed late 2005 and after a few weeks of writing songs together they organised their first show in
Lancaster. Soon after their first show they received radio coverage on
BBC Radio Lancashire
BBC Radio Lancashire is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Lancashire.
It broadcasts on FM, AM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Darwen Street in Blackburn.
According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly aud ...
from DJ Sean Mcginty.
In the summer of 2006, Hows My Pop were invited to play the first ever
Kendal Calling
Kendal Calling is a music & arts festival, held annually at Lowther Deer Park in the Lake District, Cumbria in the North West of England. It has grown from a two-day, 900 capacity event in 2006 to a 25,000 capacity 4-day music festival. Kendal C ...
festival alongside such acts as
Little Man Tate
''Little Man Tate'' is a 1991 American drama film directed by Jodie Foster (in her directorial debut) from a screenplay written by Scott Frank. The film stars Adam Hann-Byrd as Fred Tate, a seven-year-old child prodigy who struggles to self-act ...
and
British Sea Power
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.
Following a TV appearance on ''City Life Social'' on
Channel M in 2006, they played shows at Dpercussion and In The City festivals in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
, and supported acts such as
The View at
The Night and Day Café
The Night & Day Café is a café bar and live music venue in Manchester, England.
Location
It is located in the city's Northern Quarter on Oldham Street, opposite Piccadilly Records. It is near the Afflecks palace shopping arcade and a few ...
,
The Holloways
The Holloways are an English four-piece indie rock band from North London. Their single " Generator" reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart on 11 June 2007. They have had five No.1 singles on the UK Indie Chart and several Top 40 singles. Th ...
and
The Research.
Hows My Pop were chosen to play on the
BBC Introducing
BBC Music ''Introducing'' is BBC Radio's platform supporting unsigned, undiscovered, and under-the-radar UK music talent. It gives artists the opportunity to be played on Local BBC Radio and nationally on BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 3, ...
stage at
Glastonbury Festival in 2007.
Shortly after this they went into the studio to record ''Am I Normal Yet??'' which was unreleased until 2010.
The band went into a permanent hiatus following the release of ''On The Hop'' on the label Barnbox.
Reunion
Hows My Pop performed a one-off gig at the Yorkshire House in Lancaster in December 2014.
Discography
* ''On The Hop'' (2009)
* ''Am I Normal Yet??'' (2010)
References
{{Reflist
External links
BBC Radio 6 Feature on Hows My PopChannel M feature on Hows My Pop
English indie rock groups