Zykopops! are a deranged trash folk band from Croatia whose slogan “Zykopops …worse than Turbofolk!” is already gaining them notoriety throughout the Balkans. Their punk reworkings of classic and obscure traditional songs from Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia and Hungary combine a heroic disdain for detail with Ramones tempos and Hajduk virtuoso nonsense. Zykopops! play rakija music for global partygoers – their spiritual goal is to achieve a state of rabbit-ness and to infect others with equal rabbit-ness. Fronted by possibly a bit gay ethnomusicological pop diva Lidija Dokuzović and featuring violinist and inveterate dabbler Martin Swan, the band incorporates Elemental hiphoppers Erol Zejnilović and Konrad Lovrenčić, along with a random crew of percussionists, beatboxers and physical therapists such as Ivan Levačić, Nenad Kovačić and Ante Prgin-Surka.
