{"id":35451,"date":"2025-12-15T07:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=35451"},"modified":"2025-12-14T21:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T20:53:03","slug":"album-review-the-roves-pope-the-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/album-review-the-roves-pope-the-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: The Roves || Pope &#038; The Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the year draws to a close, the flood of new releases has calmed down, but luckily we can count on British indie pop stalwarts The Roves for a nice surprise. In mid-December 2022, they released the <a href=\"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/19\/new-album-the-roves-needle-factory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Needle Factory<\/a> LP, which they now follow up with the mini-album <a href=\"https:\/\/theroves.bandcamp.com\/album\/pope-the-computer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pope &amp; The Computer<\/em><\/a>\u2014seven songs in 23 minutes\u2014around the same time. It paints a nervous portrait of modern emotional life: people desperate to connect but never quite managing to say the right thing, or be heard at all.<\/p>\n<p>On a bed of shimmering guitars and a solid sound, the lyrics circle insecurity, loneliness and quiet mental-health struggles, mixing self-blame, social comparison, and romantic jealousy with the dull grind of work, financial worries and days slipping by without resolution. 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