Pomplamoose: Give a book, get an album

CB Droege 2 Dec, 2010 at 10:36am ET Article published in Life

The popular YouTube cover band Pomplamoose has released a holiday album—but rather than sell it, they’ve chosen to turn it into a charity event. Fans who donate a book to the Richmond Book Drive through Amazon will get a digital copy of the album for their contribution.

Pomplamoose is popular for their “Video Song” videos, in which they attempt to show the footage of all of the actual instrument playing that goes into each track, and for the smooth jazzy vocals in every cover and original track. (Ed. note: They are also both outrageously attractive people.)

Check out this awesome sample holiday song. Details of the charity are given by Pomplamoose at the end of the video.

Comments

2 Dec 2010 ~ 10:59am Linc Very cool, thanks for the writeup CB.
2 Dec 2010 ~ 11:03am Thrax I saw them in a TV commercial over Thanksgiving.
2 Dec 2010 ~ 12:20pm UPSLynx Prime and I knew Pomplamoose before they were cool.
2 Dec 2010 ~ 2:56pm WagsFTW This is such a cool idea. I'm going to do it right now. What a great cause!
2 Dec 2010 ~ 3:07pm AlexDeGruven

UPSLynx wrote:

Prime and I knew Pomplamoose before they were cool.

Hipster.

This is very cool. Fantastic music, and a really cool concept for videos.

Their cover of 'Single Ladies' is quite a bit better than the original.
2 Dec 2010 ~ 4:27pm Winfrey If you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
2 Dec 2010 ~ 6:54pm WagsFTW I LOVE their cover of Single Ladies! That's when I fell in love with them.
2 Dec 2010 ~ 9:51pm j I feel sorry for the guy. He's really talented, but the chick really sucks ass.
2 Dec 2010 ~ 10:07pm Thrax She's good if you like nervous-looking hipster chicks with occasionally flat, lifeless vocals.

(trololol)
2 Dec 2010 ~ 10:48pm Garg

Thrax wrote:

She's good if you like nervous-looking hipster chicks with occasionally flat, lifeless vocals.

(trololol)

Why yes, yes I do.
2 Dec 2010 ~ 10:51pm MAGIC

UPSLynx wrote:

Prime and I knew Pomplamoose before they were cool.

I would make some relevant hipster jokes but they make some pretty obscure references. You guys probably would get any of them.
2 Dec 2010 ~ 11:10pm Annes Awesome concept. I really don't like their Deck the Halls but I think I may do this just to check out the rest of the album (and, you know, do good for kids and shit.)
2 Dec 2010 ~ 11:16pm Winfrey

Annes wrote:

Awesome concept. I really don't like their Deck the Halls but I think I may do this just to check out the rest of the album (and, you know, do good for kids and shit.)

Even Annes can't completely avoid the Christmas spirit
3 Dec 2010 ~ 9:57am AlexDeGruven

Thrax wrote:

She's good if you like nervous-looking hipster chicks with occasionally flat, lifeless vocals.

(trololol)

Personally, it's the green eyes, but whatever works for you... Canadian.
6 Dec 2010 ~ 10:07am NLichtman I've known about Pomplamoose for a little over a year now. I'm subscribed to them on YouTube and when I saw the commercials on TV, I almost pissed myself.
22 Dec 2010 ~ 7:42am Clint D/A/S AMAZING cause!!!
AMAZING band!!!

Happy Holidaze!
22 Dec 2010 ~ 12:41pm MAGIC Flat singing while staring blankly at a camera is indeed amazing.
22 Dec 2010 ~ 3:15pm BuddyJ Works for Ke$ha
23 Dec 2010 ~ 3:28pm GHoosdum Somewhat off topic, but apparently Pomplamoose has been hired by Hyundai for their holiday advertising campaign. Odd to see them on television.
23 Dec 2010 ~ 3:33pm MAGIC Are hipsters allowed to sell out?
23 Dec 2010 ~ 4:10pm CB Selling out isn't cool now, but next year it will be.
3 Jan 2011 ~ 9:50am Cliff_Forster Mike Rowe is a much better car salesman, that is for sure, if I have to see that Hyundai commercial one more time, I swear I am going to find an ugly holiday sweater and burn it!
3 Jan 2011 ~ 10:22am AlexDeGruven

Cliff_Forster wrote:

Mike Rowe is a much better car salesman, that is for sure, if I have to see that Hyundai commercial one more time, I swear I am going to find an ugly holiday sweater and burn it!

I agree on that one point, but I have to say I much prefer Pomplamoose to Ford's "Hey, we're not Toyota!" all-encompassing campaign of late.