Bastard Lovechild of Rock n'Roll – Bim Bom (2011)

ref=”http://www.blorrmusic.com/”>Bastard Lovechild of Rock ‘n Roll creates mystic, ethereal, mixes that remind us of Wolfmother, the Strokes, and maybe even a splash Led Zeppelin style Theramin – all ground up, stuck in a blender, sifted through an echo chamber, and regurgitated on your feet. “Le Blorr”,

comprised of Chris Hess (a.k.a. Cookie Sugar Hips) and Adam Winn (a.k.a. Hot Damn Sweet Huckleberry Winn), are eccentric, creative, and positively enthralling to listen to.

Bim Bom is an album of color. Every single track is pressed against the avant garde boundaries of indie rock, and creative rhythms, sounds, and melodies are not just splashed around the album – Instead, they are completely drenching it. This is an art album in every way. Right away, before even popping the disc in, I’m captivated, if not seduced by the rich colors and conceptual illustrations of the cover art (painted by Ryan Speer).

Psychedelic in its inception, this album would be dismissed if accused of being merely a stoner concept rock disc. Indeed, many more significant, complicated things are occurring. This album is spacey, busy, and rich in its sound schema, and the most prominent trait is that there is an insane amount of distortion, filtering, compression and echos. These effects, however, don’t render the tracks as noise. Surprisingly opposite, the deconstruction of typical musical distinctions renders a scene in the mind – a diorama of energy, or perhaps a construction of another time and place entirely.

Okay. Maybe I’m getting metaphysical. Blame the music.

Lyrically, the album is pretty difficult to discern without reading along. It is this unintelligibility that makes the music particularly great for concurrent experiences. Free from the distractions of trying to parse an album as speech, listening to such an abstract stack of songs incites a different sort of response. The brain is flooded with speech that it can’t discern, and all of the elements are free to mix with whatever else happens to have your attention. Dare I say that pairing this soundtrack with an emotionally saturating situation could lead to an intense,  colorful, and enveloping experience.

This is not road trip music.

Instead, turn out all of the lights in your apartment, blast this music, and explore every last square inch of your partner. Get high on ever fiber of energy you can capture. Taste their sweat. Breath in their ear. Clutch the skin on their back. Forget your name and scream theirs.

Yea… it’s that kind of album.

This album isn’t about the music but rather about the taste, the color, and the experience. The ambiguous tendencies, filtered phonics, and unadulterated energy make this album a transportation to a different state of mind.

The Good: Restraining myself from the abstract, I can tell you that this album is a solid piece of musicianship. You may not find instrumental virtuosity or life-changing lyrics, but the Bastard Lovechild of Rock ‘n Roll have created a self-contained work of art that excels in its creativity and uniqueness.

The Bad: Lyrics are for the most part, unintelligible. While that may add to the ethereal eroticism of such a disc, critical listeners may not tolerate having to read along with the music.

The Verdict: This is a refreshing, dirty, sexy album. It stirs your loins, rattles your brain, and makes you want more. It’s a 9-track high, and you simply must buy it now.

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