Pom Pom Squad new album Death of a Cheerleader, arrives on June 25th via City Slang Records. Ahead of the release, the Brooklyn band has shared a video for album track “Crying”. pom pom squad, will be playing a run of shows with Bully, starting August 20, 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama.

“This song is honestly sort of a self-drag. I think during the ‘Ow’ [previous EP] cycle, I convinced myself that through writing these songs I could completely exorcise the demon that was my depression. As It turns out, no amount of songwriting is a substitute for medication and therapy,” says Berrin about the track’s inspiration. “In terms of thinking in a narrative arc, I knew I wanted to write a song that felt like a bridge between the guitar-based world of the record and the cinematic 50s/60s inspired world of this record. Ultimately it became about a meta-feeling – being angry at yourself for being depressed. The character of this song is basically my ego: the part of myself who doesn’t learn, makes the same mistakes constantly, is flaky, can’t admit she’s wrong, is self pitying and who wraps it all up in a bow the color of self deprecation. When I was in college, I joked with my friends that my placement in the 9 alignments was “Chaotic Stupid” which became kind of a persona of it’s own. My dumb-bitch-self. In short, the song is me calling myself whiny. Very glam!”

Pom Pom Squad
Death Of A Cheerleader
Track Listing
City Slang Records

1. Soundcheck
2. Head Cheerleader
3. Crying
4. Second That
5. Cake
6. Lux
7. Crimson + Clover
8. RWL
9. Forever
10. Shame Reactions
11. Drunk Voicemail
12. This Couldn’t Happen
13. Be Good
14. Thank You And Goodnight

Pom Pom Squad
Live Dates

Aug 20 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
Aug 21 – Atlanta, Ga – The Earl
Aug 22 – Atlanta, Ga – The Earl
Aug 23 – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall
Aug 26 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
Aug 27 – Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle
Aug 28 – Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle
Aug 29 – Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle
Aug 30 – Milwaukee, WI – The Back Room @ Colectivo on Prospect
Aug 31 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line

All dates with Bully

Pre-order Death Of A Cheerleader by pom pom squad HERE