Oslo band Pom Poko will release their third album, Champion, on August 16 via Bella Union. They produced the album themselves and it was mixed by Ali Chant (PJ Harvey, Aldous Harding, Dry Cleaning).

Opening cut “Growing Story” is along the lines of Ohio’s The Waitresses. Though in essence it’s hell-for-leather pop-punk, there’s some Deerhoof in the next track “My Family.” Third up, the title ...