OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: BOBBIE PERU
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“Come on outside, I got somethin’ to show ya…”

BOBBIE PERU have just released their stunning debut album, ‘SOCIAL SUICIDE’.

They are no longer one of Manchester’s best kept secrets, BOBBIE PERU create a buzz every time they play live, collecting admirers along the way.

“Brilliant band! Reminds me of the golden years of new wave and punk music” was the response from DJ CLINT BOON during their XFM Radio Live In Session last month.

Described by Sentimentalist Magazine of New York as “Hands down Manchester-bred Bobbie Peru are the best nu-gaze band in a while.”

BOBBIE PERU: Lead Vocals/Guitar BERT GENOVESE, Bass DING: (The Fall, PJ Harvey, Frank Black) and Drums DOCTOR E.

‘SOCIAL SUICIDE’ contains thirteen blistering tracks that lodge between your conscience and your misguided inclinations. Forget everything you thought you knew - expect the unexpected with…

Swan Souffle / Luke Wake Up / Broken Bones / Lost Make Up / Sleep War / Bricks / Carbon Dated / Bon Bon Rue / 1971 / BF Skinner / Burning In Hindsight / Lucky 16 / Narcissus.

‘SOCIAL SUICIDE’ results in an awesome debut album that is as underground sounding as it is commercially viable.

“A warm cup of tea with a hint of arsenic” is how the band describe their own sound.

Released as a limited edition black vinyl effect CD and including a stunning 16-page full colour booklet complete with lyrics.

‘SOCIAL SUICIDE’ is available now online at http://bobbieperu.tripod.com/id11.html

ABOUT THE SONGS:

First on the menu is the mouth-watering ‘SWAN SOUFFLE’ served up with incisive humour and an infested punk attitude, followed by the blistering ‘LUKE WAKE UP’ an alarming wake up call to the six-sided man.

Doctor E. takes care of the ‘BROKEN BONES’ whilst penetrating your eardrums and vibrating your malleus bone with a precision that only a fully qualified medical drummer could. Ding’s thumping bass and Bert’s metallic shock riffs continue the treatment. Diagnosis: ‘Don’t eat chicken!’

‘LOST MAKE UP’ takes a snarling snapshot of family life, acquaintances and misplaced others who reside near Teen Bores Grove.

The dire social commentary of ‘SLEEP WAR’ pushes and pulls you back and forth before falling on you like a ton of ‘BRICKS’.

The haunting, melodic serenade of the beautifully crafted ‘CARBON DATED’ will see you slowly drowning in a sea of melancholy, ending with a last gasp scramble of raw hopelessness and frustration. Bobbie Peru don’t come up for air.

The raw roar of ‘BON BON RUE’ based on the Communist lexicon bounces along before lulling you into a false sense of security. An edible piece of bittersweet rock candy.

The blistering ‘1971′ is a history lesson complete with a riff that sounds like an indie guitarist being guillotined has already sold out online. This first released single complete with promo video brilliantly created by Seven/Seven Productions has already been viewed thousands of times online. You can watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iEMOKsFIRg

‘BF SKINNER’ takes the experimental analysis of behaviourism and serves it up all verbally raw and radical.

Intimate and desperate ‘BURNING IN HINDSIGHT’ is lovingly sprinkled with just a hint of irony. Eat some cake and then lose your head on ‘LUCKY 16′.

‘NARCISSUS’ blends hazy Sixties Syd psychedelia with Seventies space glam and adding a dash of callous Gothic subculture to taste.

‘SOCIAL SUICIDE’ (Cat. No. 63447962046) is available now at http://bobbieperu.tripod.com/id11.html or at the following record stores: Piccadilly Records (Manchester, UK), Vinyl Exchange (Manchester, UK), Jumbo (Leeds, UK) and Phoenix Records (Waterbury, CT, USA).

ABOUT THE BAND:

BOBBIE PERU were formed January 2006 in Manchester. The lead singer relocated to the UK from the States to pursue a musical career. Progressing from his earlier solo acoustic soundscapes, BERT GENOVESE (Lead Vocal/Guitar) gathered a collection of local musical talents… DING (PJ Harvey/The Fall/Frank Black) - bass guitar and DAVIS EVASON - drums to form BOBBIE PERU, and began to blow minds.
They cook up a particularly demented stew with their ever-changing musical palette, which is an unpredictable mix of stabbing guitars, social commentary and a rhythm section coming through like a freight train.

The result: some of the most dynamic, catchy and distinctive compositions which will infiltrate your mind and encompass your soul.

Live they are a witches brew of destabilized rock and roll, randomness, style and raw energy, that will leave you breathless and begging for more. Their debut album ‘SOCIAL SUICIDE’ is a multi-dimensional experience of the power of positive noise, which is not to be missed.

“Commit to SOCIAL SUICIDE - it may just save your life.”

QUOTABLE QUOTES:

“Brilliant band!” - Clint Boon (XFM Radio DJ) (Inspiral Carpets).

“Better than the fu**ing Prodigy.” - Mark E. Smith (The Fall).

“Hands down Bobbie Peru are the best nu-gaze band in a while.” - Sentimentalist Magazine (New York).

“St John Peel would’ve loved them.” - Virgin Digital.

“Feels like a secret you’re lucky enough to hear.” - BBC Manchester Entertainment.

“Reminds me of the golden years of new wave and punk music.” - Clint Boon XFM Radio Live In Session.

“Bobbie Peru deliver on every level.” - Leeds Music Scene.

“With a name like that, you’ve got to check them out.” - Sandman Magazine.

“Cocaine meditation for the masses” - Jim Jonnie.

“Easily the best collection of songs I’ve heard on one album this year.” - BowieWonderworld.com

If you would like to receive a review copy of the album please email bobbieperu666@yahoo.com or visit http://www.myspace.com/bobbieperu
Check out http://www.myspace.com/bobbieperu where you can hear two exclusive brand new songs recorded in the studio last week - ‘Friends In The Bank’ and their cover of Devo’s ‘Whip It’.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/bobbieperu
Website: http://bobbieperu.tripod.com/
Email: bobbieperu666@yahoo.com

Copyright: 2007 - Paul Kinder/BowieWonderworld.com