Popmatters premiers a stream of Bubblemath "Edit Peptide"

[Steve F.]

Hear the whole thing now!

[boilk]

Aweome! However, I don't open my presents early! I shall wait until Friday!!

neil

[miamiscot]

Been meaning to check these guys out. I've heard they're similar to Cardiacs???

[Steve F.]

Been meaning to check these guys out. I've heard they're similar to Cardiacs???

1. Not really, I don't think.

2. What do you think?

[Baribrotzer]

It's funny: if asked how original Bubblemath were, I'd say "somewhat - they have their own sound, but remind me of a whole lot of other music". Yet at the same time, I can't think of anyone they sound all that much like. And yes, I can see the similarity to Cardiacs, but it might be a sort of meta-similarity: Like Tim & Co., they combine elaborated prog content with a New Wave penchant for fast tempos, density of notes, and compressed, quickly-changing song structures. However, the actual base ingredients are different - Bubblemath, for example, have more jazz influence and no discernible take from Ralph Vaughn Williams. They sound "American", whereas Cardiacs sound "British".

[eadric]

Yeah, I'd agree. I can imagine there's some crossover between fans of both, but not really any musical similarity.

[Baribrotzer]

Yeah, I'd agree. I can imagine there's some crossover between fans of both, but not really any musical similarity.

But there is, I think, a similar aesthetic. Along with important differences: Cardiacs are 15-to-20 years older, would have grown up hearing prog as children, and were an actual part of the British New Wave movement - extreme outliers from it, like a much odder and much less successful XTC, but still a part. Whereas Bubblemath, from what I understand, heard most of their influences at some remove, formed to play the kind of music they liked because no one else was playing it, and are a "scene" of one band.