CD Review: “Robert Bobbert & the Bubble Machine”

Apr 26, 09 • In Music

Robert Bobbert & the Bubble Machine – Robert Bobbert & the Bubble Machine (2009, Little Monster) purchase this album (Amazon) There’s a track on the Lonely Island’s Incredibad called “Shrooms” that consists of a guy repeatedly screaming “I’m on shrooms!” over what sounds like a backing track made entirely of eight-bit synths, and while I hasten to point out that there’s no direct correlation between the two, every time I listen to Robert Bobbert & the Bubble Machine, I can’t help hearing “Shrooms” in my head when it’s over. Robert Bobbert — the kids’ rock alter ego of the Apples in Stereo’s Robert Schneider — doesn’t get high at any point during this album, but its blend of chunky, analog-sounding synths and bright, bouncy vocals is cut from similar musical cloth. Of course, this is