Bobby Birdman - Victory At Sea
by Maarten Schiethart
published: 21 / 1 / 2006
Label:
Fryk Beat
Format: 12"
intro
Haunting, distinctive elecktro pop on new 12" from the Portland, Oregon-based Bobby Birdman
Newly founded Fryk Beat Records caught Portland, Oregon- based charmer Bobby Birdman for an EP with remixes and a brand new lead track. Birdman's 'Victory At Sea' is culled off a forthcoming album of his and is featured in a vibrating E*Rock remix with a Yacht and a Lucky Dragons mix as two more tracks. His slightly laconic yet affectionate voice matches the slow but persistent music. The clash of the conflicting patterns of his melody line and their layers makes 'Victory At Sea' a neat little epic rhyme, destructed and rebuilt at the same time. The original is rather soberly orchestrated but the E*Rock mix adds the stomping and clapping best known from his brother's moniker E*Vax as half of Ratatat. 'I'm Not You' comes in the Lucky Dragons mix and with some squeaky distortion has a haunting quality. Outright smart is the fingerclicking based percussion in the E*Rock mix for the title track. Measured by storyline and Birdman's own performance, the best is kept to the last. 'I Will Come Again' portrays him best; phlegmatic yet caring and full of distinction.
Track Listing:-
1 Victory At Sea2 I'm Not You (Lucky Dragons Remix)
3 Victory At Sea (E*Rock Remix)
4 I Will Come Again (Yacht Remix)
most viewed articles
current edition
Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies - Sala Apolo, Barcelona, 29/11/2023 and La Paqui, Madrid, 30/11/2023Anthony Phillips - Interview
Difford and Tilbrook - Difford and Tilbrook
Rain Parade - Interview
Oldfield Youth Club - Interview
Autumn 1904 - Interview
Shaw's Trailer Park - Interview
Cafe No. 9, Sheffield and Grass Roots Venues - Comment
Pete Berwick - ‘Too Wild to Tame’: The story of the Boyzz:
Chris Hludzik - Vinyl Stories
most viewed reviews
current edition
Marika Hackman - Big SighSerious Sam Barrett - A Drop of the Morning Dew
Rod Stewart and Jools Holland - Swing Fever
Loves - True Love: The Most of The Loves
Ian M Bailey - We Live in Strange Times
Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run
Autumn 1904 - Tales of Innocence
Roberta Flack - Lost Takes
Banter - Heroes
Posey Hill - No Clear Place to Fall
Pennyblackmusic Regular Contributors
Adrian Janes
Amanda J. Window
Andrew Twambley
Anthony Dhanendran
Benjamin Howarth
Cila Warncke
Daniel Cressey
Darren Aston
Dastardly
Dave Goodwin
Denzil Watson
Dominic B. Simpson
Eoghan Lyng
Fiona Hutchings
Harry Sherriff
Helen Tipping
Jamie Rowland
John Clarkson
Julie Cruickshank
Kimberly Bright
Lisa Torem
Maarten Schiethart