Mackem quartet THE BUBBLE PROJECT describe their music as “mental space trash rock n’ roll”
and it certainly applies to the first of the 4 tracks here. The instrumental ‘Saturn 5 DEATH SQUAD Theme Tune’ wobbles in off 1/16th cymbal beats and light feedback before serving up a surfin’ interpretation of the 6T’s, a real chiming cartoon freakout.
The gradual increase in tempo turns knuckles white before the lurch and sway of ‘The Spectacle Of Magic Dan’ drops out to leave drums/vocals vying for control over splashes of distorted guitar and cleaned up keyboard. Scales are prowled and scientific explanations are offered as this oddball pop progresses
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There’s another feedback whine at the beginning of the casio-crazy ‘Mr X And The Girl With No Face’
(which computer game have they ripped off/sampled, it’s doing my head in!), and the interesting title theme continues with the spaced-out drum rolling ‘Will You Marry Me ASTRO GIRL? x x x’ a bizarre ode to some lucky dream lady.
Racket, or revelation? These splash-based eccentricities are hollow and heart wrenching and sound genuinely different to the electro-pop of the moment. You could do a lot worse than give them a listen.
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