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Well, hello there. Welcome back to another special, one off review podcast from us, the fellas at Trve. Cvlt. Pop!

On this episode we are looking at the 9th studio album from recently reformed Brit-pop legends Blur, The Ballad of Darren. This is the band's first album since 2015's rather disappointing The Magic Whip album, but the members of Blur have been keeping themselves busy in a world without their main band; Damon Albarn has been doing some solo stuff and a little project called Gorillaz, both guitarist Graham Coxon and drummer Dave Rowntree have gone solo too and bassist Alex James has... made some cheese... we're not sure. So, does the world need a new Blur album? Is it a risk to come out of hiatus and give the world new material when you already have a stellar back catalogue to fall back on and millions of fans who would surely be happy to see Blur live out their days as a lovely nostalgia blanket?

Well, as you'll hear, when they are able to give us such an interesting new flavour as the one we get on The Ballad of Darren, it's certainly worth the risk. 

It's time for us to dive into the FILTH of the music world once more as we search for the worst album ever made, yes, it's Trve. Crvp. Pop! time once again. Steve and Sam have got something genuinely bizarre on their hands today, as we look at the debut album from Hollywood A-lister Bruce Willis, The Return of Bruno, released on the 20th of January 1987.
Willis was a star, but not a megastar, back in 1987, he was on the show Moonlighting, which had given him enough profile for him to get a $5m contract to be the face of Seagram's Golden Wine Coolers*... yeah, pretty weird that eh. Anyway, on the ads Willis danced and sang, pretty badly if we're being honest, but his performances, if legend is to be believed, were good enough for Motown Records to sign him and ask him to make an album full of soul pop and R&B numbers. The album was tied in with an HBO Special that portrayed Willis' alter-ego Bruno Radolini as a great, lost legend of the music world. It was ropey as hell, but Bruce got a number 2 hit in the UK with his cover of Under the Boardwalk. So it was looking goof for his music career. But, 18 months later a film called Die Hard came out, and... well, you know the rest. Is The Retun of Bruno any good? Dan from Skindred's mum likes it! What does it matter what we think!

Trve. Crvp. Pop! is in no way associated with Seagram's Golden Wine Coolers... although we would be open to any sponsorship opportunities.

Welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! the most punk rock music podcast on the planet. Definitely. That's definitely what we're going for. Steve and Gaz have got some cracking music to tell you about this week, as we review new music from Gabriels, Better Lovers, PJ Harvey and Dave and Central Cee. There is also some chat about the recent rejigging of the festival market, out goes Ozzy and in come Judas Priest at Powertrip and The 1975 are back at Reading and Leeds AGAIN! 

Maybe most excitingly of all though, there are live reports from two massive stadiums shows; R&B pop megastar The Weeknd's stunning performance at the London Stadium and the return of Brit-pop legends Blur at Wembley... which inevitably leads to a conversation about when Oasis are coming back. Business as usual then.

Welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, all about music and that innit. This weeks Steve is joined now and forever by Gaz Jones, to talk about a load of things, well two, to do with the letter W. 

That's a new album from Will Haven and a new documentary about Wham!, we also look at the latest music from Lil Uzi Vert, Militarie Gun and Melted Bodies, plus there's a live report from Kiss and Skindred at the O2 and Pulp's glorious comeback at the not so glorious Finsbury Park.

Welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a podcast that is usually about music, but this week is about bloody punk rock innit! Steve is reunited with our old mucker Sam Sleight, LIVE from Manchester at the Outbreak Festival. It's a bloody good line up, if you like that sort of thing, and we give you the low down on each individual day of the festival, so you can hear us get more and more knackered and exhausted as we go. Lovely stuff!

HELLO! Welcome back to Trvve. Cvlt. Pop! a cracking little music podcast for your little ears to enjoy. This week on the show Steve has decided to ask on regular contributor to the show, confused and delighted West Ham United fan and all round top boy Tom Dare from the Hell Bent For Metal Podcast to come on and try something a little bit different.

Remember Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned? Where Frank Skinner and David Baddiel would just riff a show for half an hour? Well, imagine that but without the dead wood (you know which one)! Steve and Tom chat through a variety of subjects as suggested by our Twitter followers, and by Steve as well, since he did see Depeche Mode, Rancid and Tenacious D over the last week. We touch on the genius of ABBA, rank Gojira's back catalogue, wonder why there hasn't been a modern version of Vulgar Display of Power, try and work out whether 1996 or 2010 was a better year for music, reminisce about how great Sonisphere Festival was and, crucially, discuss the word "Objectively" in music. 

Hello there, you've made the excellent decision to listen to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! the bloody great music podcast. Steve is spoilt for ace guests this week as both Gaz Jones from Track 1, Side 1 and Dave Fensome from Pop, Collaborate and Listen join him for a variety of fun things. 

Firstly we talk about Roger Water recent London live show, the AI Beatles song that is soon to be released and the brand new album from Queens of the Stone Age, before Steve and Gaz try and unearth some musical gems by giving you five artists each who all have less than 1000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Some right underrated beauties in there! Then Dave talks us through his weekend... long weekend at the 20th anniversary of the Download Festival. It's good time! Come on over!

Welcome back to another very fine episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a music podcast, for you, the discerning music fan. On this weeks show Steve is joined by Metal Hammer writer and punk rock enthusiast Rich Hobson to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the UK's biggest rock and metal festival by looking all the way back to the very first iteration of the festival in 2003 and fantasy booking it in their own image. 

We also look at the new album from Foo Fighters and discuss the news that Sleep Token's upcoming Wembley Arena show sold out in a mere 10 minutes. 

Welcome to this brand new podcast series from us, the chaps at Trve. Cvlt. Pop! We're calling it (What's the Story)... or, if you're Sam, "WHAT WERE ALL THAT ABUT?!"... don't call it that.

It's a new series where we look at some of the most shocking and infamous moments in music history and try and get our head around exactly what happened. On this first episode we are looking the events that led to and then unfolded on the 12th of February 1992, when dance music oddities The KLF invited grindcore legends Extreme Noise Terror to open that year's BRIT Awards show. The KLF were the best selling singles band of 1992, but were, as we discuss, a little unorthodox in their approach, so it makes sense... sort of... that they would decide to end their successful stint in the music industry by playing what must be comfortably the most shocking and bizarre performance the biggest night in the UK music calendar has ever witnessed... okay, maybe it actually doesn't. 

Things only got weirder from their, as we will discuss in the second part of this show on our patreon page; patreon.com/trvecvltpop. Hopefully see you there.

Hey everyone, welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a lovely music podcast for your lovely ears. It's a bit of a weird one this week as Steve is alone, explaining why he is alone and then talking about some new music for you to listen to as well. That new music comes from Rancid, The Dirty Nil, Bar Italia, Adult DVD, Code Orange and Sleep Token. Plus, of course, there is a big 'ol rant on that Royal Blood at Radio One's Big Weekend controversy. Listen in to find out why YOU are a big baby... baby.