Pope Return Home Loud On Long-Awaited Album "BFM"
- Charles Luberisse
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Written By: Big C
BFMÂ lands with the weight of time, friendship, and unfinished conversations. Pope leans into honesty by letting warm guitars and slackened vocals carry the stories which needed years to surface. That clarity comes into focus on lead single Newboi, a cyclical, hook-laced reflection on bad habits and familiar mistakes. It feels like a homecoming built from memory, the sound of a band stepping back into the room they never really left. Knowing what hurts you and circling it anyway, Matt Sefarian frames the song as an admission stating:
'Newboi' is a song about being stuck in negative cycles. Justifying detrimental behavior and the inability to break bad habits and repeated behaviors. Inspired by riffy power pop bands.
The track captures Pope at their most self-aware, using melody as both mirror and release. Arriving April 30 via Rite Field Records, "BFM" marks Pope’s first full-length in over eight years. The album traces a full arc from Houston beginnings to the New Orleans community that sharpened their voice. Moving patiently from stagnation toward connection, each song responds to the last with trust and restraint. Listen to "Newboi" and pre save "BFM" as Pope brings it all home on BANDCAMP, INSTAGRAM, and FACEBOOK.