Bikini Body - Mr Tinnitus

Edinburgh band Bikini Body are the first band to team up with Optimo and their offshoot label Optimo Music Rocks! to release their upcoming EP Weird Party. Bikini Body are Josh Booker (guitar), Vicky Kavanagh (vocals/kazoo), Daniel O'Gorman (drums), Kyle Peterson (bass), Harry Volker (guitar/percussion).

Mr Tinnitus is the first taste of the EP which is going to hit us later in the year and the good news there will also be a very limited vinyl release.

When asked about the EP, and ‘Mr Tinnitus’, Bikini Body said:

“Weird Party is a collection of tried and tested Post-Funk Punk tracks, each with a personality that evokes the oddballs and tearaways you met at that weird house party the other week. Mr Tinnitus leads the record with Disco doggerel and plenty of cowbell, signalling our desire to be dancier than Post-Punk and Punkier than dance. Personal experience of disappointing encounters, chauvinist male stereotypes and gendered ideals pepper the remaining tracks without compromising the irresistible groove inherent to the Bikini Body sound. 

We made this record with our good friend and intuitive producer, Chris McCrory, at Green Door Studio in Glasgow. Capturing the live sound was at the heart of the recording process, and it is a joy to finally usher these songs from the dancefloor to your turntable.”

Mr Tinnitus is an absolute blast of fun from the opening, it sets off at a blistering pace and just keeps going with its funky disco grooves and punchy punk vocals, you will want to jump up and boogey to the rollercoaster sounds of cowbells and guitars.

Give it a play and enjoy: