To Realize

Oh hey man! No problem, we hear ya... Where should we start with Pop Group?
— February 5, 2010 7:25 a.m.

To Realize

Hey man, Thanks for listening to our record and writing about it! We feel there are some things that you may have misinterpreted though, and we'd like to clarify our standpoint. To begin, we don't try to be standoffish or badass; we're totally down to earth guys. On that note, it's not "Just Nick" it's Nick Barbeln, and that's what it says on the inside of the record. We're not trying to be pretentious or mysterious people...We're guessing that you probably didn't have a real/physical copy of the record to review, cuz our full names and entire lyrics are printed out right in the fold out. Here's a good note about who we are, if you care to read: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blo… On a related note, our record is not about unreciprocated love, girls, wavering self-esteem, etc... On the contrary, it's about rejecting doom, moving forward, and self-empowerment. It's a love record, but not in a lifetime original/hallmark gushy sense of the word. And it's not of the whiney/emo nature, with all of the "why don't you love me back" sentiments; it's more about an understanding and acceptance of one's own skin, and one's relationships to others and the world, and coming to acceptance with those relationships. One more note to make, Liars and the Pop Group are not our heros. We've been around for about the same time as Liars, and none of us have ever listened to the Pop Group. If you wanna know who are real influences and heros are, check out this mix we made for the Magnet Magazine: http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2010/01/28/clipd-be… We aren't writing this to prove a point, we just really care about making ourselves understood. Once again, thanks for listening to our record! Rock on! Clipd Beaks
— February 4, 2010 10:43 p.m.