Bobbing along on a sea of mediocrity, are a band set to leave you gasping for more.
South London quartet, Bib, marry humour and social commentary together in a kind of musical satire, frontman Duncan Diamonte said: “Bib's music is comic and sincere in equal portions.”
Imagine Parklife-era Blur layered with dance beats and you might be close. Add the swagger of Shaun Ryder and Bez and you might be closer still.
Signed to the appropriately named Adult Baby records, the band released their debut, double-A side single, Jobs Online/Victims of Crime last year to great acclaim, music website, Playlouder heralded it as their single of the week, calling it “ephemeral and magnificent, Bib are pop music as it should be.”
A launch party at London’s premier taste making nightclub Trash secured their place in the drawer marked “next big thing.”
Duncan is joined on vocals by what looks like his evil munchkin side kick, Jack Trade, together they make an unlikely, but enchanting couple.
They recently recruited Justin Denim on drums and K-os on guitar. There are no other instruments, save an MP3 player.
Duncan says: “On one level it saves lugging amps and stuff around so it's practical for us, we just rock up with an mp3 player, guitar pre-amp and use the house drum kit - saves a fortune on cabs and takes half the time to set up.
“On another, we got bored of the current trend for predictable bands of foppish lads doing to punk and garage music exactly the same thing that happened to metal in the eighties by sanitising it to the point of parody.
“We're far more punk than that.”
They make a motley crew of slightly misshapen musicians coming together to create beautiful pop music.
Originally Publised in the East London Advertiser, 2006
