Jen Pop is closing a chapter. Before she leaves for Ireland, she made sure to put on tape the music she has been carrying with her.

Pop co-founded The Bombpops, the San Diego punk band whose 2020 album “Death in Venice Beach” was released on Fat Wreck Chords the same day pandemic lockdowns began. Despite the timing, the record earned attention from NPR and built a fanbase that held. She later traveled to Philadelphia to record “East Side of Eden” with producer Will Yip — a record that stepped away from punk entirely and did not apologize for it.

Since then, Pop has been playing acoustic: her own songs, other artists’ songs, whatever the moment called for. That repertoire now has a home. “Borrowed & Blue,” a seven-track collection recorded in her bedroom without a click track, is out June 6 on blue 10-inch vinyl and CD, with pre-orders available now.

“I really thought I had to sacrifice something and just suck it up and do it to a click,” Pop said. “But in the end I felt strongly about not doing it that way. I wanted the rawness to be there.”

The album opens with “Like a Weight,” an original written about a friend. It is followed by “Dilaudid,” a Mountain Goats cover that fits here the way John Darnielle’s writing always does — fingernails-on-the-edge, holding on. “Barstool Thrones” came out of a 4 a.m. detour at Riot Fest, when Pop found herself in a bar that felt like the people inside had never left. Pat Benatar’s “Love Is a Battlefield” arrives mid-record and earns its place. “Bender,” which first appeared on “East Side of Eden,” is presented here in its original form. “There’s something really satisfying about having this song recorded raw with grittier vocals,” Pop said. “It gives a different edge to it.” “CA in July” is deconstructed until its core meaning surfaces. The record closes with “The Idiots Are Taking Over,” a NOFX cover that was the first thing Pop reached for the morning the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. She had a tour booked that week.

A bonus digital single, “Notre Dame” — reimagined from “Death in Venice Beach” — drops June 6 alongside the album.

“The only thing I feel like I have control over is myself, and so I’m doing the best I can with that,” Pop said. “Turns out it’s very liberating.”

She has new material waiting.

“Borrowed & Blue” is available for pre-order. Blue 10-inch vinyl and CDs ship June 6.

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Clique Hospitality and AEG Presents: Las Vegas are expanding the summer lineup for the Bel-Aire Backyard Poolside Concert Series at Durango Casino & Resort with the addition of Pepper and The Movement on the High Tide Summer Tour, featuring special guest Joe Samba.The longtime friends are scheduled to perform Thursday, Aug. 20, bringing their signature Kona dub-rock sound — a blend of reggae, alternative rock, dub, island rhythms and punk — to the poolside stage. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the concert begins at 7 p.m.

Tickets and a limited number of VIP cabana packages go on sale at 10 a.m. PDT Friday, March 27.Pepper, a Hawaiian reggae-rock trio formed in the late 1990s in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, has spent more than two decades touring, releasing albums and performing sold-out shows from the California coast to the United Kingdom while building a loyal fan base. Now based in Southern California, the band — vocalist and guitarist Kaleo Wassman, vocalist and bassist Bret Bollinger, and drummer Yesod Williams — is hitting the road following the release of its latest EP, “Makai,” which translates roughly to “by the ocean.” With multiple collaborators on the project and new creative ventures ahead, Pepper continues to draw inspiration from its Hawaiian roots.Since forming in 2003, The Movement has built a strong following among alternative reggae fans, earning more than 373 million streams on Spotify and more than 104 million views on YouTube.

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