Anthemic Pop Wonder

Anthemic Pop Wonder songs aim below the belt and above the neck – these are songs about mind and body. Leave the heart songs to troubadours elsewhere. These songs are about New York and big cities, restless movements and heartless maneuvers, fast pop and slow dreams.

APW wants to bring back the joyous onstage recklessness of early Replacements, crossed with GBV-like melodic hooks and Ramones riffing. APW wants to be on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert series. From Nuggets-era garage stompers to new wave slammers, punk anthems to snappy singalongs, Anthemic Pop Wonder songs are laced with an arsenal of hooks, blasts and levitation. From the opening hook of "Here’s My Number One" from the new CD "Mighty Season’ Comin’" to last year’s should’ve-been-a-hit "Party Tarts", APW songs come complete with driving vocals, slashing guitars and pounding drums.

Anthemic Pop Wonder is Dfactor is Dave Murrow, a demanding, pesky sort of fellow. A Chicagoan by birth and a New Yorker since 1998, Dfactor writes APW songs, sings ‘em with conviction and records ‘em when he can. When he’s out performing live, Dfactor rounds up a few pals (including longtime bassist Johnny NYC) to fill out the onstage sound. Between 2000-2001, APW played live all over New York, including Arlene Grocery, CBGBs, Continental, Elbow Room, The Bitter End, and others. The band also played Boston and Chicago. Anthemic Pop Wonder is seeking a label for its new CD. Please feel free to recommend our music onward.

CD Reviews:

"If you’re the type pining for the sonic beauty of the mid to late seventies, when punk and power pop briefly reigned, then you’ll have several reasons to pick up this CD..." – NYRock.com

"...Wild Thrill-Hungry Gurls" sounds like it was recorded in a ’70s rumpus room. That’s what main man David Murrow digs. Influenced by Cheap Trick, The Replacements, Elvis Costello, The Clash and especially Guided By Voices, "Gurls" is a throw-back to ’70s power pop..." - Jagged (2000)

"Anthemic Pop Wonder’s Wild Thrill-Hungry Gurls is a testament to the early-’80s pop scene, the time when MTV made faceless geek groups into superstars. While this one-man group might not achieve fame, it does evoke acts like Devo and They Might Be Giants with its strange melodies and soundscapes. Buddy Holly influences pop up in the choruses as well." – Illinois Entertainer Magazine