Taking Bozmo B-hind A Tree At The Lakehouse

 

Bozmo’s back!

I was a big fan of the Boston garage rock band’s debut Hosanna In The Highest back in 2011, but they kinda fell off my radar after that. Now they have B A Tree out in 7” form, and the title track offers more of the infectious rock that I didn’t realise I was missing. There is even a bit of Ty Segall in some of the delivery, which never hurt ANYone. The B-side ‘Lakehouse’ takes things down a notch, but is even more likable – fun and breezy, less direct, even a bit croony. And that riff should be illegal, its so addictive. Good stuff boys – keep this ball rolling!

 

Grab the 7” here, whilst we wait with bated breath for that longplayer to come to fruition.

Bozmo - B A Tree

Bozmo In The Highest

I mentioned the Golden Feeling 7" that discordant kids Bozmo put out recently. Well, today they release their debut LP Hosanna In The Highest with a release party in Boston - if you're around, get on it! Im still loving 'Milksnakes' - a punchier, punkier number tinged with 60s pop abandon and with Belle & Sebastian style acerbic lyrics, and it deservedly opens up the album. But there are so many more great tracks - the MOR easy listening Little River Band twist with an 80s Bowie chaser of 'The Lonely Ghost'; the unhinged wails that punctuate the fun as hell 'Witchy Wu'; the Radiation Vibes era Fountains Of Wayne aura of 'Golden Feeling'... Its the various 60s guitar pop guideposts that you hear littered throughout - is there Buddy Holly and Del Shannon in 'Kill The Beast'? The harmonies that are littered throughout Hosanna In The Highest are also mightily impressive, and help to elevate this release from a good to an inherently fun album, one that Ive gravitated towards playing at the end of a day of...well, listening to music, but the fun part, when Im listening to music for me. And that is a pretty good stamp of approval if you ask me - which you didn't, but you should have.

Bozmo - Witchy Wu
Bozmo - Milksnakes

Bozmo The Clown's Giving Out Milksnakes And Golden Feelings...

Got this nice little 7" in the post the other day by Bozmo, a warm, fuzzy rock band outta Boston. Both tracks on Golden Feeling are salivatory - rock gems that glint with inner goodwill and sunshine, despite the liberal dosage of barbiturates that are floating in the backwaters of this band. They are also shirking the fuzziness of many of their contemporaries and the inherent pop sensibilities thank them endlessly for it. It is pretty much a sound that was more attuned to a decade ago, yet its tracks like these that enhance rather than diminish any returns. What's even more exciting is that an album, Hosanna In The Highest, is following quickly in this here 7"'s footsteps. Its pretty relentless playability-wise though, so Im sure you can ride out the wait til that lil baby arrives

Bozmo - Golden Feeling
Bozmo - Milksnakes