Bim at Punk Saturday 20th March 2010
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Bim @ Punk Saturday 20th March 2010 mySpace | FaceBook | Squidoo | Twitter | CD Baby The Bill:- Toneheads Bim Assorted Family Circle Carousel Cartel Bim’s Set List:- New Song (as yet untitled) The Battle A Loving Side Ready To Love Today’s The Day [Stay In My Memory] Head Over Heels Well here we are in London again, but this time near Tottenham Court Road, so we obviously swung past The Pillar’s Of Hercules for a swift half on the way to PUNK. I’ve been wanting to see Bim (AKA Tim Davis and Rebecca Rosier) live for quite some time now ‘cos I love their self titled EP which they so kindly gave me at a Francis Rodino gig a few years ago. I loved the well crafted songs with the beautiful melodies and the fit of Tim and Rebecca’s voices which seem to harmonise together so well. Could they do it live was the question and Saturday at Punk was going to provide the answer ... Yes. Yes they can. They’ve got a band behind them (who’s names I don’t know) and Tim on keys and laptop (oh how the music biz has changed eh!) and Rebecca in her hug rug. As any who know of Bim will attest, there’s a depth of production about Bim music that requires the playing of samples (if that’s the right word?), hence the laptop. Whether that makes playing live alongside easier or harder I couldn’t comment, except that it at least looked easy. After a new (as yet unnamed) track to kick off their set we were treated to The Battle which has long been my favourite from their EP with the finely interwoven aural textures somewhat reminiscent of the later Tears For Fears songs ... and I simply love it! I was sceptical as to whether they could pull it off live because there seemed to be so much in it, so many layers, but it was a real treat to hear it performed live ... that’s exactly what I wanted. Many Thanks! After A Loving Side, which is new to me, but undoubtedly “Bim”, we were treated to another from their EP – Ready To Love which continues to provide the Bim experience of finely crafted songs with haunting harmonisation from Tim and Rebecca. Another new (at least to me!) one Today’s The Day follows and builds the impression of Bim having the beginnings of a formidable repertoire of cracking tunes. A tight schedule for the evening means they skip Stay In My Memory and finish their set with a new (as in very first outing) track Head Over Heels which nicely completes the Bim portion of the evening and is one they’re considering for a new album they are looking to record somehow, somewhen. Definitely worth coming out to see and I’ll certainly be keeping an eye out for their next gig too ...
