Zapoppin'
Returning as a duo
### Returning as a duo

Zapoppin' returned as the duo of Richards (now on 'Z\-Kit') and Sharpe (playing harmonium as well as banjo) in 2011\. They recorded again for Serious Types with eight tracks appearing across four double a\-side singles released (primarily digitally) to accompany a tour in France and Switzerland during June. The singles were later compiled into an eight\-track EP (further expanded with extra tracks in March 2012\), *The First Four Singles*. Reviews for the compilation were generally favourable (receiving four stars from *247 Magazine*) and often focussed on the band's surreal nature, with Dave Dryden of *The Final Skin* writing 'If Zapoppin' were an animal, they'd be a featherless emu or a whelk\-sized tapir, the kind of previously undiscovered species that finds itself on the front page of New Scientist or the National Geographic.'

In October 2011, Zapoppin' recorded a live session for [Resonance FM](/wiki/Resonance_FM "Resonance FM") and announced that their next release would be a collaboration with London\-based electronic musician, Jaxson Payne. The *Another Pearly Wotnot / Tears* split 7\-inch EP was released during January 2012 in association with Damnsonic and Koept.


What instruments does Sharpe play?