Grand Bizarre by Bottled Up
For the logged-on and the attention-addled, Grand Bizarre will feel familiar. It’s got the dizzy bottomlessness of being on the internet all the time. You know the feeling -- from meme to hot take to daily dispatch from friend or foe -- it’s all vertigo-inducing, crazy-making stuff. But Bottled Up metabolizes this infinite scroll into the waves their work gets to boogie board on.
Their debut release on Misra Records - Bottled Up’s Grand Bizarre takes the idea of punk and makes it global, digital, and online in 2022. From finding meaning in a world riddled with climate change, playing love’s supernatural mindgames, or, as frontman Niko Rao puts it, the daily act of "subconsciously submitting and surrendering to death" -- Bottled Up’s back-and-forth with the "Big Stuff" makes for an utterly danceable album of as-the-world-burns Italo, funk, and new wave.
Tracklist
| 1. | Levitate | 3:33 |
| 2. | Heart & Soul | 3:33 |
| 3. | Do You Remember My Name | 3:35 |
| 4. | Simple Things | 4:12 |
| 5. | Something Smooth | 3:08 |
| 6. | Seeker | 3:23 |
| 7. | Livid Moods | 4:59 |
| 8. | Italo Love | 3:19 |
| 9. | Punish | 4:12 |
| 10. | Midnight Star | 3:05 |
Videos
Credits
All songs written and arranged by Bottled Up in Washington DC & Los Angeles
Produced by D Saperstein
Recorded by Don Godwin at Tonal Park
Additional tracking by D Saperstein & Owen Wuerker at Lurch DC
Mastered by Sarah Register
Design by Evan Napala and Richard Howard
Vocals, Guitar, Keys, Sound Synthesis - Nikhil Rao
Drums - Rohit Rao
Vocals, Piano, Bass - Colin Kelly
Vocals, Guitar - Michael Mastrangelo
Vocals - Shayla Ragimov
Vocals, Keys - Chloe M.
Guitar - Beth Cannon
Guitar - Jeremy Ray
Saxophone - Graham Robertson
Trumpet, Percussion - Don Godwin
Additional Sound Synthesis - D Saperstein
