Sad Times

Sadly, Miss Kim has decided to go and travel a different road to the rest of BBS, and so we bid her adeiu and thanks for being a part of it and making an album with us. We're glad to report she'll be playing one last gig in our merry company on the 21st December at the Mad Ferret, and hope you'll all come along to wave goodbye in style.

Obviously, though, the BBS bus keeps rolling like a badly maintained bus full of fat people on a steep hill, so we're looking for a new singer. Think you've got what it takes? Well get in touch, and we'll give you an audition. You must be able to rehearse Monday nights and Saturday afternoons, and be able to sing like a mother****er who is taking a break from ****ing their mother.

If this sounds like you, drop us a message.

Putting Both The Asses In Assassin

In the case of Unit 12, there really are two asses in assassin. One is the shapely one of the lady killer at the heart of the story, on a distant rooftop with a telescopic sight and a high powered rifle to snuggle under it. The other is about to have "a cap popped in it" as they say in the ghetto. Anyways, the song is the aforementioned shapely assassin considering the relationship between her and her target. I think she might be a bit mental - but that's probably the estrogen at work.

Put me on the rooftop, patience is a virtue
I just want to kill you, I don't want to hurt you
Semtex voodoo doll needs a firing pin
Breathe in
Exhale
I don't want to know you I just want to take you out
There's no need to take it personal

We're in business you don't know it yet
And we've got targets that we have to hit
You could be my strangest client yet
Don't you worry I'll take care of it

Can you feel my fingers on your neck?
Even though I haven't touched you yet
We're as close as two people can get
Despite the fact we've never met

Put me on the rooftop, patience is a virtue
I just want to kill you, I don't want to hurt you
Semtex voodoo doll needs a firing pin
Breathe in
Exhale
I don't want to know you I just want to take you out
There's no need to take it personal

This could be a one way mirror
I am not a heartless killer

Musically, we wanted to write something with a proper big pounding public fuck of a middle section. Relentless banging, as it were. *ahem*. But it's nice to bracket that with something a bit more considered.

I'm A Frayed High Wire

The second track from Semi Automatic is now available! Run as fast as you can to our Bandcamp page and grab it! It's called "Not Waving But Capsizing" and we think it's rather lovely. As ever, all of this stuff was produced by us in our palatial northern mansion, Bikini Towers, using state-of-the-art equipment and a hammer to knock out the rough edges.

Strung a turn too tight
Stretched far too thin
Gone a ways too far
Got a touch too high
All the wrong things rising
Not waving but capsizing
All is silent all is bright

I'm not made for this
I'm the crack in the wing
I'm afraid that this won't work
I'm a frayed high wire
An aeroplane falling
Not flying but stalling
All is silent all is bright

I am cells gone wild
The enemy within
I'm not well at all
I'm a spell in quarantine
Bacteria invading
Multiplying, replicating
All is silent all is bright

All the wrong things rising
Not waving but capsizing

This was an odd little song to write - it started with the little twiddly guitar part and a very peculiar drumloop, and then built from there. As for the lyrics, they weren't the usual agonising process of adjustment and refitting, and pretty much came in rush. Guess I wasn't feeling top of the world that day ha ha. The last verse I'm particularly pleased with - swine flu was big on the news, and I had a cold that I naturally assumed was cancer.

Oh, and the "frayed high wire" bit came from having just watched Man On Wire. If you haven't seen it, you should - it's... dizzying, and for me goes with the sense of vertigo we were trying to put into the music, especially with that relentless bass drone.

Anyways, hope you like it.

Semi Automatic - New EP, First Track Released!

So we've released the first track from our new free EP, "Semi Automatic" - it's called Unit 12, and it's a little story about an assassin with an overactive imagination. Hope you enjoy it, feel free to pass it on to folks who like songs about assassins :)

Here's the cover for the EP: