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Singaporean Punk Rock Group Releases Rebellious Debut Album

Zircon Gov. Pawn Starz, the threesome formerly known as Zircon Lounge, recently released their debut album Follywood. Reviews have interpreted the album’s explicit lyrics and risqué content as an attempt to rebel againstSingapore’s restrictive government and loosen up the conservative population.

The album is a combination of punk-rock music and anti-establishment sentiments. In songs like "Media Whore" the group attacks pop-stars in Singapore as people that cater to the mainstream without having a mind of their own.

This is a gutsy album that parodies the Singaporean national crest on the front cover and flaunts the phrase, “Nu-school f*cker, Singapore f*cker!”

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Zircon Gov Pawn Starz are Singapore's premier art-punk/electro-enfant-terrorists. They are called Sue Sue Law, X'Ho and Yeow. These may be common names in Singapore, so ignore any inferred glamour.Their album has Chicks on Speed and peter christopherson on it. You can dance to them. They look a bit like Sigue Sigue Sputnik, but good. This all might not have worked. They kind of pull it off.