It's a dream sequence
The snow is building up
Around the angel
Who has become corrupt
Six billion souls
Could dig me from this hole
But let me fall
I feel nothing at all
Catwoman and, erm, Sophy-Catwoman :P (aka.
Pyromasochist) return alongside
Firecracker 47 in this epic new single .... the last F47 single to be released before their debut album, "Firecracker 47's Mind Numbing Musical Interpretation Of How Not To Take The Morning After Pill (And Other Vaguely Interesting Metrosexual Blunders) : The Debut Album That About Four People Have Been Desperately Waiting For".
Tracklisting -
1. Six Billion Souls (w/ Pyromasochist) [S Cruz-Bishop, J Firecracker, K Hetestien, J Kairiri]
2. Burning, Burning, Beautiful [J Firecracker, R Robbins]
3. Catch Me If You Can [J Firecracker]
Review -
"Six Billion Souls" isn't what you'd expect from a Bikoshy collaboration at all. We expected some floofy love song that would make Jimmy Nimrod get on the wahmbulance. We expected the chemistry between the shopaholic with a terminal erection and the straight-edged pseudonym addict to flow .... and it does, musically, but there's barely even a hint of love between the two here. A woman who committed suicide revives her own corpse by becoming a feline fallen angel. It's a very scary song, the way that Bikki has played with effects and Joshy sings like he's being chased by an evil being (well, Sophy was behind him in the studio) are enough to make you fear the bed bugs biting.
Musically, the bassline is of course what to look out for. James Kairiri is the most technically proficient band member. In Joshy's words, "James knows what he's doing. The rest of us make it up as we go along." James plays both bass and contrabass in this, mixed up by Bikki - speaking of her, she's become good at providing precise autotunes and special effects, which we should look forward to. SCB also surprised us by getting out the ol' hammers and strings - she's not a bad pianist, she's just not a confident one.
As for the B-sides, "Burning, Burning, Beautiful" was written by Raven Comatose, but buffed up by Joshy and makes for a highly emotionally-charged tribute - originally to Jakey Comatose, no idea who Joshy's singing about, but he's Burning, Burning, Beautiful, apparently - as is the song. While this shows that Joshy's definitely no picture of innocence, "Catch Me If You Can" contrasts it, and shows the cute, playful, babyish Joshy that we all know and some love.
Overall, good effort. Worth buying! (:
Firecracker 47 & Pyromasochist - "Six Billion Souls" is out today on Dark Blue Music and Antipop Records.Edited by user 21 February 2010 09:48:51(UTC)
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