Pop Evil

Pop Evil has had a seemingly endless stream of No. 1 Rock hits veering between fist-pumping anthems and  timeless  power ballads.  Now they are about to deliver their most ambitious rebirth yet with a jaw-dropping sixth album, led by the twin assault of “Let the Chaos Reign” and “Work”....two of  a  dozen tracks each worthy of a dedicated spotlight. The new single “Work” puts its heavy guitars atop grooving rhythmic punch and EDM  flourishes,  as  it  champions  the  working class  heroes  struggling  to persevere across all industries today. “We  won’t  bore  people with  the  same  song  over  and  over,”  says frontman/bandleader  Leigh  Kakaty,  who  co-founded  the band in Michigan. Pop  Evil  has  been  a  staple  at  major  festivals  and  in  theaters  and  clubs  for nearly two decades led by No. 1 Rock singles like “Trenches," “Deal with the Devil," “Torn  to  Pieces,"  “Footsteps,"  and  “Waking  Lions."  One listen to any of the songs from the impressive body of work laid down by the  band  on lps like "Lipstick  on  the  Mirror" (2008), "War  of  Angels" (2011), "Onyx" (2013), "Up" (2015), and the self-titled smash " Pop Evil" in 2018 confirms exactly how Pop Evil built such a diverse fanbase. On their sixth album, the group doubles down on the yin-and-yang at the heart of their sound. How  are  Kakaty,  longtime  guitarists  Dave  Grahs and  Nick  Fuelling,  bassist Matt  DiRiot,  and  powerhouse  drummer  Hayley  Cramer  able  to  flip  the spectrum so seamlessly? “If my voice sounds good on it, the hook is catchy and  memorable with a single listen, and it will go over well live, we’re not afraid to draw from any genre that we see fit for inspiration,” says Leigh. The upcoming sixth album yielded close to 30 songs, whittled down to the most potent 12 that represent everything Pop Evil is about. The  band  bunkered  down  in  Los  Angeles  in  the  winter  of  2019  to  put  the finishing  touches  on  the  new  record,  working  with  new  creative  teams  of producers and collaborators, each enlisted to emphasize the uniquely varied aspects  of  the band’s sound. “We worked with multiple producers that fit each song’s dynamic,” the band’s hardworking singer explains. Collectively, Pop Evil’s previous five albums account for over a million copies in  worldwide  sales  and  over  600  million  streams, so the new LP is greatly anticipated. "With this record, we’ve taken another big step into our own definitive sound and identity and that’s our thing,” said Kakaty. “People know they’re going to get that Pop Evil."

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