Pop was released in 1997 under the name "The Crowd", which they later changed to avoid confusion with a US band of the same name. They followed this with 1998's Groovy, featuring Singaporean musician Ray Aziz on drums. Aziz also played drums on their 2002 release Action, released on Zip Records. Popland was featured by Singapore's national newspaper, The Straits Times, played on several Singapore TV shows and various radio stations. Their music was used in the Warner Bros. hit TV show High School Reunion. The duo split in 2006 when Mathews decided to pursue a solo career. Solo career In 2006, Mathews embarked on a solo career. In November 2008, he released the EP watchmen@midnight and his debut solo full-length album Emo FASCISM on 1 August 2013. In 2014, Mathews released the #alpacablues EP. Mathews has been a live performer for more than thirty years and has performed at Central Park NYC (for Singapore Day 2007), the Esplanade, *SCAPE, Home Club, Blu-Jaz Cafe, Library @ Esplanade, Library @ Orchard, Timbre @ The Substation, Timbre @ The Arts House, TAB, the Prince of Wales Backpackers' Pub and other venues. Other areas of interest In addition, Mathews is an accomplished film score writer, and has composed music for acclaimed Singapore director Eric Khoo's feature films and has also contributed music to other Singaporean films like Stories About Love, One Leg Kicking, Invisible Children, Lucky 7, Anita's Complaint and The Carrot Cake Conversations as well as TV series such as Drive and Seventh Month''. Mathews is also a prominent contributor to the Singapore music scene. He is currently a mentor under the National Arts Council's Noise Music Mentorship Programme, a mentor for the Esplanade Youth Budding Writers Programme and a judge for the 2009 and 2010 editions of the Baybeats Festival, one of the biggest indie rock festivals in the region. In addition, he manages Singapore bands like Cheating Sons and TypeWriter and operates KAMCO Music, an artist management company. Mathews is also the owner of Power of Pop, a pop culture blog which has been commenting on music, film, comics and books for more than a decade. He is also a tutor of business law at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Also tutor Company Law in Temasek Polytechnic. References Living people Singaporean people of European descent 20th-century Singaporean male singers 1961 births Singaporean film score composers Male film score composers 21st-century Singaporean male