Tag: Bim

Bim – Burn

“Ooh, now that’s very nice indeed. “

Tim: New single to tie in with a 5th November launch of their new EP Lifelines for you:

Tom: Ooh, now that’s very nice indeed.

Tim: Isn’t it just? And that video is the first time I’ve ever thought “why isn’t there more crime in the world?” Because if a young vigilante crime-fighter from Cambridge has nothing better to do than eat ice-cream and go bowling, I think that’s a crying shame.

Tom: Hey, don’t knock British superhero crimefighting. There’s always internet classic Brummie Baywatch, one of the few pre-YouTube viral videos.

Tim: Oh, I’m not knocking it at all – I’m just a bit sad that there doesn’t seem to be any actual crime to fight.

I’ve no idea what a frustrated would-be superhero has to do with one bloke being fairly sure that his partner is having trouble putting up with him, mind, but I’ve long ago given up on the concept of music videos having anything to do with the actual songs, so I’m just enjoying it.

Tom: It is an odd choice: normally this’d be intercut with something of the singers, at least so the fans can identify them. Ditching them entirely for a somewhat odd concept video is a brave choice.

Tim: The point is, it’s great music and a wonderful video. Full marks.

Tom: Yep, no arguments there.

Bim – Lights Out

“That is something, isn’t it? What exact thing, I’m not sure”

Tim: I’m not sure I’d know how to introduce this, so I won’t try.

Tim: Now, that is something, isn’t it? What exact thing, I’m not sure – heavy dance or emotional ballad, upbeat with hands in the air or downbeat with head in your hands, or maybe just one big mess.

Tom: “You know that sound Ellie Goulding’s got? Yeah, turn it up to 11 and mix in a bit of Pendulum.”

Tim: But it’s a very good mess, at that – it all comes together, without much structure to it, but with fantastic instrumentation and wonderfully emotive voices.

Tom: Can’t argue with that.

Tim: Speaking of structure, that second verse cause me no end of trouble. It seems to sound massively out of place (though not in a bad way), and so the first couple of times I heard it I thought it was the middle eight, so then the next chorus was logically the final one, so the “I will me you see…stars” was the end.

Tom: My brain went the same way – I reckon that the track possibly overstays its welcome a bit, but that’s not much of a criticism to make. That “stars” would seem a natural end of the song.

Tim: It would, but it doesn’t overstay its welcome – after all, ending it there would leave us barely two and a half minutes of it, and that would be a shame. It just seems like it does, so my brain started hurting. But soon felt better, because this track’s just great, messy as it may be.

Also note: fans of this may wish to check out their track Scream1, which for some reason we unfortunately missed. Because that one’s good as well.