A.G. Cook has announced his forthcoming LP ‘Britpop’ and has shared a new single, which features vocals by Charli XCX.The album’s title track features XCX singing “Brit, Brit, Brit / Like Britpop” over a whimsical, pulsing beat.
The song received its live debut at XCX’s Boiler Room event in New York City last Thursday (February 22).Cook – producer and founder of P.C.
Music – confirmed that his third solo album ‘Britpop’ is set for release on May 10 via Cook’s New Alias label. You can pre-order the LP here.According to a press release, the album is “a three-part, 24-song odyssey through Cook’s weird, wonderful, and wildly eclectic sonic universe, the record spans the full breadth of his agenda setting, genre bending vision of pop.”The album will be split into three chapters: ‘Past’, ‘Present’, and ‘Future’. ‘Past’ will consist of Cook’s classic electronic style while ‘Present’ sees him channel the 90s Britpop genre in its traditional sense.
The final chapter, ‘Future’ will consist of “his own distinctive understanding of what the future of music really means.”‘Britpop’ was created during the COVID lockdown when Cook found himself as the only British person living in a small town in Montana.
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