‘Don’t You Ever let it Get You Down’ New single by Chris Pope & The Chords Released 6/2/26 on Kycker
The Chords UK Bio
A 44 tracks Dbl_Vinyl / Triple CD all re-imagined, re-mixed, re-recorded + alternative acoustic versions & also includes seven previously unreleased songs. Spring 2025 they are touring UK and Europe to Promote the album.
Helmed by founding member and songwriter, Chris Pope, The Chords UK were formed in 2013 to continue playing ‘classic’ Chords tunes from their original 1980’s heyday inc their Top 40 Hit ‘Maybe Tomorrow’, ‘The British Way of Life’ and tracks of the Top 30 album ‘So Far Away’.
The band, comprising Chris, Kenny Cooper, Sandy Michie, and Mic Stoner have been cited live as “an incendiary rock n roll outfit” by Louder Than War.
Their first release 2015’s ‘Get Famous’ EP went straight into the official TOP 40 singles chart. Followed closely by their debut album ‘Take on Life (2016). 2018 saw them release the critically acclaimed ‘Nowhere Land’ and in 2022 ‘Big City Dreams’ LP saw them take it on tour in the USA, Europe, and the UK.
They scored a No 1 on the legacy Charts with the single ‘All for nothing at all ‘.
Chris himself was described by Paul Weller as “the best songwriter of his generation” by Uncut as “savage as Townshend with a toothache”
and Vive Le Rock as creating, “timeless song writing and understated brilliance!”
About the song
The Special Edition (Digitally) out this week includes the single ‘ Don’t You Ever let it Get You Down’
LONG after The Chords and a fair few years before The Chords UK, there was a little know combo called POPE :
Chris Pope & Brett “Buddy” Ascott (the Dynamic Duo!) to be exact.
They made two albums: The first of which was ‘Grace of God’, released exactly twenty years ago.
Made in ‘Deepest South London’, firstly in a cabin up an alleyway, shoehorned between a kebab house and a Chinese laundry. They then upgraded to the slightly more salubrious ‘Gravity Shack’ studios in Tooting Bec, with guidance and wisdom from the esteemed Pat Collier at the controls.
HERE’S WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT ‘GRACE of GOD’
‘Razor Sharp Vignettes on the British Way of Life ‘ MOJO
‘A savage as Townshend with Toothache UNCUT
‘Smart ,Cynical Songs INDEPENDENT
A Modern Masterpiece of great Guitar Music SCOOTERING
The Chords UK – Don’t You Ever Let It Get You Down
POPO – GRACE of God
The Chords UK – World Gone Crazy!
The Chords UK – EAT SLEEP WORK REPEAT
The Chords UK – INDIE DISCO FRIDAY NIGHT
The Chords UK – Somewhere Beyond The Rainbow
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