Super 8 Bit Brothers – Brawl

Rhythmroo ♦ January 9, 2010 ♦ Leave a Comment

Today we have a danceable electro/indie pop album up for review that passes the test of pleasing the ear and getting the heart beat in synced with the bass beat. If you haven’t the foggiest clue who the Super 8 Bit Brothers are, there ya go. Check out the bio and then come back, it’ll do you some good. Now to begin with this delectable album’s review.

First impressions when I first ran through the album was, “…what?” and then after a second time, “…Great!”. To best describe this album in one shot would be to say that it’s a melding of your favorite present and past gaming experiences and characters with catchy and creative music and lyricism. Makes sense, right? We’ll let’s bring up some tracks.

The first track I found clever and produced interestingly is Track 03 “Blinky Loves Pepper”. Singing in the perspective of Blinky, we have a very alluring message being sent to Pac-Man. A line reads

“If you’re lonely you know where to find me
If you’re hungry come feast on my body”

What crosses me as amusing is the Sax playing, hovering over the singing and beat of the song that sounds like it’s calling out to Pac-Man. Really impressive in capturing the moment. ;)

Another classic game brought to light with a track name that gives the best advice to any barrel dealer is Track 12, “Don’t Sell the Barrels to the Monkey”. Especially if the monkey’s first initial begins with a D and ends with a K. This track introduces an old salesman who sells barrels so you can ship your items safely. Nothing sinister, right? Well, one day an Ape customer comes along and demands barrels, and the salesman feels that this ape is a hard worker and deserves barrels for his money. The boss pulls the salesman to the side and tells him, “Let’s talk outside. I have but one small rule you should abide. Don’tcha sell the barrels to the monkey, I think the monkey is up to no good”. What does he do? That old salesman sells those barrels and we get Donkey Kong. Thank you old salesman, you gave us a series that will become one of the best. You see what I did here? Super 8 Bit Brothers have a way with words and tells amazing stories through each song. I can almost imagine these guys writing stories of the origin of game series and sing each tale to us in rhyme. It takes a creative mind to come up with this kind of story for the barrels. Great Lyricism, guys!

I’ll cover two songs that sing about games of present times I found really amusing. The first song up is Track 09 “Goodbye Cruel World (Of Worldcraft)”. The title again tells the main story here, a user bidding adieu to WOW and moving on with their life. I liked this track a lot because I used to play MMORPGs quite often. After about a month or two I found myself just disappearing suddenly from the servers without any word of my permanent departure. That’s fine though, they sure as heck didn’t do me any good except frustrate me. Again, Super 8 Bit Brothers presents a track with great lyricism and music accompaniment.

Last track I’ll cover is my favorite one, Track 06 “Roll it Up”. Do we have any Katamari Damacy fans here? I found this song very enjoyable because of its chipper nature. The Prince is the main character here, singing about rolling things up. It’s as simple as that. The music and singing really puts a smile on my face. This track gets two thumbs up for being fun, chipper, and a joyous listen.

Super 8 Bit Brother’s “Brawl” album is a joyous listening with the reliving of past and present games accompanied by great music and creative lyrics. I refer this album to everyone because there is something to find in here that you would be able to pick out and say “Hey I know what game they are singing about” . I guarantee it…well unless of course you don’t know anything about video games, then you’re tough out of luck.