Despite an album that missed meeting my preconceived notion of
\nwhat it was supposed to sound like (ahem!), I’m going to have to
\nadmit that it’s going to be hard to throw darts at the resulting
\neffort when it comes off sounding so natural and mature. And for
\nthose of you that know what bands typically play in to my strengths
\n(go check out my bio if you don’t know), you might be surprised to
\nread that I’m going to tout a minutely fuzzed-out pop album. Egads.
\nI’m sure that those who know me will now be convinced that the
\nworld is surely coming to an end.<\/p>\n
So, why would I have guessed that Thee Ultra Bimboos’
\nBimboo Wizard<\/i> was anything but a pop album? Well, I
\nmisinterpreted the band’s association with their Finnish
\ncountrymen, the Flaming Sideburns, and past tour dates with the
\nHellacopters as reasons to think this female quartet was of the
\npunked-up garage variety. Even the liner notes of
\nBimboo Wizard<\/i> credit the Hellacopters Robert “Strings”
\nDahlqvist and Anders “Boba” Lindstrom as contributing guitar and
\npiano work on several of the tracks.<\/p>\n
Hmmph. So much for being able to draw logic from an education in
\nhigher learning. As they say, life goes on and
\nBimboo Wizard<\/i> will serve as a nagging reminder that it’s
\nbest to restrain from wearing blinders.<\/p>\n
As a teaser, the first track on
\nBimboo Wizard<\/i> does have a Hives\/Stooges thing going on.
\nThere’s even a chorus in “Get There Fast” where the queen wizard,
\nSuffeli Bimbo, professes to “kick some ass.” Past that, I’d liken
\nThee Ultra Bimboos as sounding like a neutered version of the
\nGo-Go’s. The strength in that comparison can be found with a
\nfinished work that comes off sounding truly eclectic.<\/p>\n
Anyone wanna queue up
\nRubber Soul<\/i> now that the mood has been set?<\/p>\n
Speaking of moods, a fraternity party is not what I think of as
\nI listen to “Pa-Pa-Party.” When I hear this track, I have certain
\nvisions of a scene of 10th grade granola-ites sitting on the floor
\nIndian-style contemplating world peace strategies while sipping
\nherbal tea.<\/p>\n
And that might just be the only true lowlight I can find on this
\nalbum. The opening whispers from Suffeli Bimbo on “Mars is Rising”
\ncaptivates as equally as the soft acoustics of the opening bass
\nline. The song is as uplifting as it is hypnotizing and shows the
\nobvious maturity of the band blending in the perfectly timed odd
\nsound from the drum kit and guitars.<\/p>\n
Changing gears, “Black Mustang” is a saucy boogie that benefits
\nfrom Dahlqvist’s string-bending. Normally, I’d have dead-ringed the
\ninstrumental beat as a song from any Flaming Sideburns album.
\nObviously the vocals keep that from happening as the last I
\nchecked, Sideburns vocalist, Eduardo “Speedo”Martinez is no
\nbimbo.<\/p>\n
“Sparkles” would probably be the song that would strike me as
\nthe pop hit on the album if it had a slightly catchier chorus.
\nWithout it, I’ll defer the honor back to either “Mars is Rising” or
\n“Guided by Shadows” solely on the strength of the surf rock intro
\nthat song gives us.<\/p>\n
Well, I’ve learned a lesson by listening to
\nBimboo Wizard<\/i>. Simply put, it’s that any genre of music —
\nif performed creatively — can not only be tolerable but rather
\nenjoyable as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":26668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7002],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-37920","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-thee-ultra-bimboos","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37920"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37920"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}