{"id":207683,"date":"2024-02-23T23:40:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T23:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/23\/a-g-cook-announces-new-album-britpop-enlists-charli-xcx-for-new-song-listen\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:39","slug":"a-g-cook-announces-new-album-britpop-enlists-charli-xcx-for-new-song-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/23\/a-g-cook-announces-new-album-britpop-enlists-charli-xcx-for-new-song-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"A. G. Cook Announces New Album Britpop, Enlists Charli XCX for New Song: Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>PC Music founder <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/32520-a-g-cook\/\">A. G. Cook<\/a> has announced a new album; <em>Britpop<\/em> arrives May 10 via New Alias, his new record label. Cook has also unveiled <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/agcook.lnk.to\/Britpop\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/agcook.lnk.to\/Britpop\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/agcook.lnk.to\/Britpop\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the title track<\/a> from the record, which features <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/29761-charli-xcx\/\">Charli XCX<\/a>. Listen to that below.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as a 24-song odyssey in three parts, <em>Britpop<\/em> is a snapshot of the musician and producer in all of his genre-bending pop modes. He used the three parts\u2014<em>Past<\/em>, <em>Present<\/em>, and <em>Future<\/em>\u2014to explore electronica, Britpop, and futuristic sounds, while blurring the lines between mainstream and experimental music, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p><em>Britpop<\/em> follows Cook\u2019s previous solo albums <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/ag-cook-apple\/\"><em>Apple<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/a-g-cook-7g\/\"><em>7G<\/em><\/a>, both of which dropped in 2020. His only other formal collections include the EPs <em>Nu Jack Swung<\/em> from 2013 and <em>Pop Carol<\/em> from 2020, as well as the 2017 film score <em>\u2202<\/em>, though Cook has released dozens of singles and collaborations over the past decade. Last year, Cook teamed up with Easyfun for the debut Thy Slaughter album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/pc-music-a-g-cook-and-easyfun-detail-debut-thy-slaughter-album-share-new-songs-listen\/\">Soft Rock<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cook\u2019s decision to put <em>Britpop<\/em> out on New Alias is in line with last year\u2019s news that <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/pc-music-to-cease-releasing-new-music-after-2023-pivot-to-archival-projects\/\">PC Music\u2019s influential run as a record label is over<\/a>. To coincide with the label\u2019s 10th anniversary, it was announced that 2023 would serve as \u201cPC Music\u2019s final year of new releases.\u201d Moving forward, PC Music is \u201cdedicated to archival projects and special reissues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Revisit \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/thepitch\/485-pc-musics-twisted-electronic-pop-a-users-manual\/\">PC Music\u2019s Twisted Electronic Pop: A User\u2019s Manual<\/a>\u201d on the Pitch.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"IframeEmbed\" class=\"IframeEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZcniq iframe-embed\">\n<div data-testid=\"IframeEmbedContainer\" class=\"IframeEmbedContainer-hptgUZ kHuUWr\">\n<p><iframe class=\"IframeEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IframeEmbedContent\" height=\"150\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/kmhvFpsjLi8\" allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-write; autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/a-g-cook-announces-new-album-britpop-enlists-charli-xcx-for-new-song-listen\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] PC Music founder A. 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