This is the most intensive writing we've done in ages - there are some advantages, it seems, to righteously fucking your leg up. So what new songs will we have for you on our triumphant return? WELL LOTS. So far, in the lineup for the new album, and new set that will go with it:
· Kafkaxanol
· The Bikini Method
· Kobra Kai
· Product X
· Pushing People Into Fast Moving Traffic
· Velociraptor
· The Safety Plan
· Lone Mouse In The Reptile House
· Citizen Pavlov
· They Know What I Did Last Summer
Die hard old school bikini fans may note a couple of old songs in there that have never made it to the output stage, and they’d be right, there are some tunes you never really want to let go of, and we’ve reinvented them a bit for this new album. For those who are interested in how we go about this stuff, we’ve taken a bit of an approach with this album – demoing everything as we go, and working with a sonic palette of “the sounds we can use” to reign in some of the excesses of the first album. It means all of this stuff sounds really consistent and together, which I like a lot.
Lyrically, everything is quite inspired (shockingly enough) by the accident, and the consequences of it – being trapped indoors, being stuck at the mercy of medical professionals who you find it harder to trust with extension of your sentence, and some of the songs are just odd stories that are clearly the product of being cooped up in a small space for too long.
It’s been a lot of fun getting Lyndsey more integrated into the band through doing all of this as well – having a whole bunch of new material she can stamp her own voice onto, rather than (at least in part) having to emulate those singers (and there are many) who have gone before her. For me, I feel like a new man from all this. With a new bone. And musically it feels like a reinvention, but one that knows where it came from. Maybe more of an evolution, or a growing up – though part of that actually seems to means letting rip and being a bit less serious in some of the songs.
Anyways, we still have a lot to do – there’s probably about five more songs to write to put together a body of work I’ll be happy with, and THEN we have to re-record everything properly. But based on what we have so far, I really believe it will be worth the wait, and we appreciate every last one of you sticking with us through the mishaps of late. We’re hoping to release the album as a download only, and also make a 7” vinyl single of two of the tracks, which will come with a free download code for the whole album. We’d like to hear your opinions on this plan, though – do you prefer a real CD, or do you find it really doesn’t matter to you anymore? Does a vinyl record sound special enough? I’ve always wanted to make one, so the idea appeals to me a lot – but you guys have all supported us and your opinions and ideas are always welcome.
Finally, we hope you all enjoyed the cover of Bjork’s “Hyperballad” we put out – we realised we’d not given you anything for a while, but we don’t want to spaff out our new material before it’s ready so we thought it would be a pleasant little amuse-bouche for you to put you on until dinner. We might well do another couple of those over the next few months – less polished little nuggets for you to snack on. Maybe there’s a song you’d love to hear our take on? Well let us know!
Well, this has turned into a longer blog post than we’d usually do, so I’ll knock it on the head here – oh, apart from to say PLEASE feel free to invite your facebook friends to join us on the Bikini Black Special facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/bikiniblackspecial) and hey, don’t be a stranger – we don’t bite.
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