BABYOIL is a 4 piece indie-rock, post(pop)punk band from Luxembourg.
Their refreshing atmospheres and timeless soundscapes filled with catchy, spectacular melodies that refuse to leave your memory, are made of melancholic basslines, crunchy guitar riffs and melodies aiming for a postrock sensitivity that never becomes arty though, with on top an excellent singer whose vocal range is very expansive.
Babyoil are hard to compare to other bands. They always find the right balance between testosterone fuelled straightforwardness and poppy catchiness. Babyoil may not adhere to one of the currently popular movements like metalcore or punk, but they are mature enough to be able to stand on their own and convince with unexpectedly great shows and even an unexpectedly great album named 'SCORE'.
'Babyoil' is Sébastien Peiffer on electric guitars and lead vocals, Paulo 'Jim' Fernandes on electric guitars and backing vocals, Dino D' Elicio on bass guitar and Claude Rafael on Drums and backing vocals too.
The actual line-up exists since 2006.
'Babyoil' is currently recording their 3rd album which will be out in spring 2010
You can pre-listen one of the album's song called 'F*** You' as a Demo Video here on audiometropolis.lu or on YouTube by following this link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4DV72m4POA
click here to visit our myspace ---> http://www.babyoilmusic.net
click here to visit our facebook ---> http://www.facebook.com/pages/BABYOIL/21812154587
'Babyoil' has played shows with bands like 'My Vitriol', 'Forward Russia', 'This Town Needs Guns', 'Cutting Pink with Knives','This Will Destroy You', 'Empyr', 'Brant Bjork and The Bros', 'Deus' and Skin just to name a few.
The band is part of the “New Luxembourgish Music Wave” that gathers bands like Versus You, Miaow Miaow, Traumkapitän, Ky-lin, Hal Flavin, Mutiny on The Bounty, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep, Minipli, Metro or Eternal Tango.
Fans say that 'Babyoil' can be compared to bands like 'Sonic Youth', 'Blonde Redhead',
'Engine Down', 'Sparta', 'Lack', 'Placebo', 'My Vitriol' etc
Sometimes things take a little longer than expected. Back in the Nineties, Babyoil were the big thing in the local underground, playing convoluted psychedelic rock with female twin singers and occasional violin parts. Maybe they were just ahead of their time, with enough bad luck added, but in the early days of the new millennium, they quit and it took them a few years to get back together, although only the two guitarists are left, with Sebb taking over the vocals. No more female harmonies, no more violins, a more stripped down sound overall, and I have to admit that the first time I saw this new inception of Babyoil, I had some difficulties of getting to like them. Too much has changed since their first album, but it turns out that this is what makes Score such a refreshing album. Instead of repeating themselves, they have rather reinvented themselves by firmly rooting themselves in Nineties alternative rock. You could call it old-fashioned, but I prefer to label it as timeless music.
The album starts with the driving I Go, followed by the moving Demon, an introspective analysis with an astonishing amount of catchiness, making this track not only the first highlight of the album, but also establishing Babyoil as a band that effortlessly can combine sweaty rock with airplay compatibility. Other pop tracks are Freakshow and Over The Cloud, where the quartet again convinces with spectacular melodies that refuse to leave your memory. But there is also a darker side to Babyoil, highlighted best in the politically charged Talking Books where the distortion factor is higher, aiming for a postrock sensitivity that never becomes arty though. Also the eight minute long instrumental Penguin which ends the CD is a masterpiece of monumental atmospheric rock music.
The production is excellent, highlighting the crunchy guitars, and Sebb is an excellent singer whose vocal range is very expansive and displays presence and charisma. Babyoil are hard to compare to other bands, let’s try it with Sonic Youth without the intellectual pretence, and we are already close. On Score, they celebrate the music they love, and always find the right balance between testosterone fuelled straightforwardness and poppy catchiness. Babyoil may not adhere to one of the currently popular movements like metalcore or punk, but they are mature enough to be able to stand on their own and convince with an unexpectedly great album. Welcome back, boys!
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