PR-041 - Charles Bobuck – Bobuck Plays the Residents - LP

Available for the first time ever on vinyl, Psychofon Records presents Bobuck Plays The Residents, a 14-track collection of Residents covers performed by one of The Residents. “How is that a cover, then?” you may be asking…to which we reply: It just is. Buy or die.

Tracklist:

1. 44
2. Hello Skinny
3. Skratz
4. Teddy
5. Boxes Full Of Armageddon
6. Wolverines
7. Commercial Suite
8. Innser Space
9. The Sleeper
10. Betty
11. Mental Decay
12. The Whispering Boys
13. Kill Him!
14. I Hate Heaven

The whole idea of a songwriter covering their own tracks may seem a little odd, unusually, and possible pointless. But the thing that makes this work is that Bobuck never sang any of the originals, which of course where mostly sung in that distinctive showy-to-unhidged southern US voice by Randy Rose, aka Mr Skull, aka The Singing Resident. By his own omission in the albums liner notes Bobuck admits he has a ‘feeble & wavering’ voice. And this along with his often drastically different musical re-take of The Residents songs make this album so rewarding. (…) Really each of the tracks managers to reinvent the originals in such a dramatic manner, that often you’ll have to second check what track it’s meant to be. (…) This is the second post Resident’s release from Bobuck I’ve been impressed with this year, so I do very much look forward to hearing what more he has to offer-up in 2017.

(Musique Machine, December 2016)