Bric-a-Brac is Death By Chocolate's third full-length release, following their eponymous debut, and Shortlist Prize nominee Zap the World (confirming Iggy Pop as a fan), in the early 90s. This album is the result of a collaboration between band members based in Santa Barbara, Bristol and Colchester. Bric-a-Brac comprises thirteen tracks - eleven self-penned and two covers - as diverse as the title suggests.
Death By Chocolate's aesthetic foundation corners are firmly planted in an idealized novelty of mid-century modernism, especially early 60s abstract expressionism, definitely swinging 1967 Carnaby Street, a bit of the more fun elements of late 70s new/no wave and the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. There's also more than a hint of foodie-ism.
Bric-a-brac is an aural scrapbook written, performed, recorded and produced by Death By Chocolate. Open it up...
There's a trip around East Sussex on a BSA Bantam... we even stop for chips on the way home! Missing your departed heroes? They're back for one night only (although probably not quite as you'd care to remember).
For some, the album may well prove a useful study aid: How many Kosmonauts can you name? What are the principle uses of Xenon? What was Vincent Price eating in the early 60s?
I've got the self titled album when it first came out and then bought Zap The World and now to my surprise I find out that they have a new album, Bric a Brac. I absolutely love this album, it is my fave out of the three. I love the spoken word 'hotel' pieces. Coincidentally I have a cookbook which have these hotel menus in them (Vincent Price's Treasury of Recipes). Funny. The songs Bric a Brac, Are You Being Served? and Dining with Death are great songs that I play on repeat. So happy to have this album. I really hope there are more to come!
Hoe does this record sound? Like a mixture of Ladytron '604' and Young Marble Giants 'colossal youth' made in the sixties... (and of course like all the things mentioned in the other review). I love it!
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