Wheatus - Pop Songs And Death

Hey guys!

It has been a while, but here it is another update for another awesome item of Wheatus.

Today is the day i will tell you about the Pop Songs And Death Ep Volume 1 and 2.

I bought this one also at the gig on Oct the 30th 2014 in Amsterdam.
It's a great album that was released spread over 2 years. Volume 1, The Lightning EP came out in 2009 and volume 2, The Jupiter EP got releases in 2010. Later on the 2 albums were also combined to be sold as one album.

To me this is a fantastic set of songs, one of my favourites is on the ep, it's called Fisherman With A Clock.
The two albums are completely different from each other, but in a way they really go well together. Probably sounds stupid but that's how i feel about it. When i went to the gig, I was also hoping to get this album on vinyl but unfortunately it was sold out at that time. I did get it later on, but I'll tell about that when I blog about it.

There are a few songs on the album that have a extra load to them. The first one being Now. Brendan wrote this song for the movie April Showers, it is a movie about the columbine massacre in 1999. The other one being So old 'n Told. This song is about a ritual murder that happened in the area where Brendan lived when he was a kid. It had a great impact on him and he wrote this song about it. When I listen to it I really feel like he put in all of his feelings when singing this song.

Wheatus firstly released the ep's as a download only. A few months after the first ep came out they released a cd/dvd box that was limited to 500 copies, they also did this a few months after the release of the second ep. I was lucky enough to get those cd.dvd box sets long after they came out, but i will tell about that later!

I also really love the artwork that comes with these ep's. After making the ep's available for download, you could choose to download them for free or donate money. If you donated more than $5 you would get a comic with the download that was based on one of the songs. They did a comic on From Listening To Lightning and on Real Girl for the first ep and one on Bridges To Jupiter on the second ep. The comics also came with the cd/dvd boxes.

A while ago i asked Brendan on twitter if they've ever had the fisherman with a clock drawn. To my surprise they did but Brendan didn't have a picture of it at that time. A fellow fan who saw my tweet was kind enough to send me a picture of a shirt with that drawing. And iIt was almost exactly as I imagined by listening to that song. A few weeks ago just before Wheatus started their 15th anniversary tour, that is still going on now, Brendan send me a picture on twitter saying he found 2 leftover shirts of the fisherman. I was super excited cause not only did he have some shirts left, he also had one in the right size for me! I asked him to save it for me until their gig on cologne where i'm going to see them October 14th, and he would. Later on on the first day of their tour Jane contacted me. For those who don't know, Jane is a fantastic person, who happens to arrange the merch handling for the UK and the EU. She helped me get a lot of awesome Wheatus stuff. And she asked me if i still wanted the shirt. Of course I did, so now it's waiting to be bought by me in cologne!

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog!

See you at a Wheatus gig!


If you have time make sure to check the ep's out!
Volume 1: The Lightning EP
Volume 2: The Jupiter EP

If you want more info on the ep's:
Pop Songs And Death Wikipedia

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