{"id":38911,"date":"2018-07-31T12:10:03","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T11:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=38911"},"modified":"2018-08-10T11:45:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T10:45:15","slug":"sam-and-the-womp-new-single-ice-cream-man-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/07\/sam-and-the-womp-new-single-ice-cream-man-out-now\/","title":{"rendered":"SAM AND THE WOMP NEW SINGLE: ‘ICE CREAM MAN’ OUT NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sam and The Womp are a group that\u2019s unafraid of pushing the envelope. Their catalogue spans from Dub to Drum N Bass to big brass fuelled Balkan Funk and beyond! The UK band, which mainly consists of vocalist Bloom de Wilde and trumpeter Sam Ritchie, have spent the last several years bringing their party driven sound to the live circuit here and internationally.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Their backgrounds in jazz and experimental songwriting is what fuels today\u2019s desire to push the boundaries of music. Since university the duo of Bloom de Wilde and Sam Ritchie have been involved in experimental bands showcasing the weird and the wonderful. It\u2019s this love of the avant-garde, that led to the pair writing their biggest hit to date, \u2018Bom Bom\u2019, taking them all around the world and to the top of the U.K Charts in 2012. Here’s the song that started it off for them and has sold over 1 million copies worldwide and earned 4 x Platinum status in Australia:<\/p>\n