Monster Bobby - Gaps (2007)
Released: 13 August 2007 | 73.6Mb | MP3 320kbps 44kHz
Undeniably quirky, Gaps is a little gem of a record. With obtuse song titles, humour and a sprinkling of bittersweet sentiment, it’s a wilfully playful sonic experiment, chock full of charm.
Monster Bobby is Robert Barry; chief songwriter and artistic drive behind indie pop group, The Pipettes.
But unlike his polka dot clad side-project, he is not trying to revive the sound of the Phil Spector girl groups of the sixties, but merely using his love of those experimental sound alchemists who worked for the BBC’s Radiophonic workshop as a backdrop for his polished pop ditties.
With whispers of the workshop running through its veins, it could almost pass for a plotted history of the unit.