Daily electricity to load your batteries
1 July 2025
Photo credit: Celeste Burdon
Band: PÔT-POT
Who: Irish/Portuguese quintet who infuse the propulsive grooves of krautrock
with a phosphorescent psych-rock radiance, all underscored by harmonium drones, hypnotic male-female vocal harmonies, and deep layers of rough-hewn texture.
Track: WRSW
First single from their upcoming debut album,
titled Warsaw 480km. More info here.
Album artwork
Mark Waldron-Hyde (multi-instrumentalist and lead vocalist) about the song: “WRSW
is a chronicle of being driven in a very nice car to collect and deliver my father’s ashes, and
how that odd comfort in such an awful situation jarred me.
At one point the driver told me about a journey he’d taken from Ireland to Poland, where after days of driving, in the dead of night, a single road sign appeared, reading ‘WARSAW 480 KM’. I identified with that image of blackness punctuated suddenly by some faraway but tangible relief.”
TUTV: Intoxicating echoes from The Velvet Underground and The Brian Jonestown Massacre are all over this far-out Krautrock-like jam that goes on like forever. Endlessly rotating riffs, kinetic rhythms, and silver-tongued vocals combine for a mind-bending experience.
WRSW gets under your skin and flows through your veins
without asking. Bravura psychedelia for late-night hours.