On to Simon Bookish who is a right theatrical chappie. His new album 'Everything/ Everything' has landed courtesy of those quirk pop lovers Tomlab. And they don't come much more quirkier and poppier than Mr Bookish. When I hear him he's everything I wanted Patrick Wolf to be without the twatty jumpers. Part poet, part musical genius he strings together tons of songs into a coherent listen. Like I say it's extremely theatrical..... well lovee.... He' so gonna be sipping a glass of wine smoking a pipe wearing a red velvet gown while he reads this. There's bits of Alex Kebabhouse from franz Ferdinand in his voice but his music sounds nothing like that of Franz. Loads of crazy ideas played with instruments aplomb all chucked together into a big bowl of musical soup. I am the spoon and you can be my bread if you wish. I haven't worked out who the seasoning is. I'm firmly in the camp of seasoning food beforehand and giving it to folks as it should be served rather than giving them something really plain and letting them season. there's nothing more annoying than someone throwing salt and pepper all over their food before they've tasted it. Idiots.... Fortunately Bookish isn't but he's certainly a mad eccentric bloke though. That's Ok though cos I like them.
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What their label says...
* From the label with a roster that includes The Books, Patrick Wolf
and Final Fantasy comes an album from their new brightest hope, Simon
Bookish. * An unpredictable and dramatic "big band song cycle about
science and information", Everything/Everything is a new departure for
Simon Bookish, being his first album for TOMLAB. * Scored for an
ensemble dominated by saxophones, brass, piano, harp and Farfisa organ,
it features luminaries from both the jazz and experimental classical
music scenes. * Whilst this is almost certainly his most
pop-oriented release to date, Everything/Everything, as it’s name
suggests, finds room for moments of racing Philip Glass minimalism,
lopsided disco, expressionist cabaret, and even an eerie ambient
interlude. * Lyrically, the album’s concept is "the flood of information" in our modern age, taking in chemistry and ecology, language
and art, sometimes surreal, sometimes humourous, sometimes provocative,
a weird blur of fact and fiction, delivered in Bookish’s distinctive
English-eccentric vocal.
Tracklist: 01. The Flood 02. Dumb
Terminal 03. Portrait Of The Artist As A Fountain 04. Carbon 05.
Victorinox 06. Il Trionfo Del Tempo... (Ridley Road) 07. Synchrotron
08. A Crack In Larsen C 09. Alsatian Dog 10. A New Sense Of Humour 11.
Colophon
