Popper's Theme

Popper's Theme is the latest two track EP from 10:40, the second in the Retro Fit series. The first Retro Fit was inspired by The Stone Roses. This one is built around a sample of the voice of the singer in a  90s guitar band, played backwards. The first version of Popper's Theme is a heavy duty monster, layers of synths and that vocal sample over some chugged up drums. The groove is the thing- all in service of the groove. The second, the Broad Gauge Mix, is faster, more intense, more electronic, spikier and a little lairier. Both are just what January needs to perk things up a bit. You can find Popper's Theme at Bandcamp. 

10:40's reworkings of 90s indie/ guitar bands goes back a few years. This is from 2020, a dubbed out version of early Verve, a B-side from the first Verve 12" All In The Mind. Before they became radio friendly everyman balladeers Verve (no The, just Verve) were wild psychonauts venturing deep into sound and space, Nick McCabe's wall of guitars a storm crossing a languid Hendrix with shoegaze, all tone, reverb and feedback with the bass and drums whipping up a storm. On the 10:40 version of Our Way To Fall- One Way To Go (10:40's So High It Hurts Edit)- Jesse re- imagines our Wigan psychedelic mystics as sleepy, bass- led psychedelic dub pioneers. The space rock guitars shimmer and Richard Ashcroft's voice echoes through the haze. It's a like bathing in sound. 

One Way To Go (10:40's So High It Hurts Edit)