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| Popmatters |
 Jim Bianco’s third official studio album has an interesting background story. Bianco, a fiercely independent musician/filmmaker operating from California, funded the album with the help from fans, raising $31,500 through Kickstarter, which is an online threshold pledge system for funding creative projects. True to his jester-like image, he promised the most generous donators personal “Happy Birthday” singing and even their very own songs “based on an in-depth questionnaire you fill out.” The people’s artist indeed.The title of the finished product, Loudmouth, says a whole lot about the album’s soul. “A person who tends to talk too much in an offensive or tactless way,” is the explanation in the dictionary and that’s what’s basically on offer here. The music itself is a fairly straightforward pop/rock, the albums strength lies first and foremost in Biancos lyrics, which often contain humorous everyday observations. He’s funny, nasty, sweet, sarcastic, heartfelt, even mind-boggling at times. The album starts out with a light hearted pirate-y sing-along, “Sinners”. The hippy-like communal feel conveyed therein is immediately broken up in the second song, the epic “Talented”, which is announced with a dramatic ring of a church bell and a darker, more introspective lyric. “You’re so talented / You’re so good at faking it / Your eyes are steady but ... / Your insides are shaking”. And not a jester in sight. Bianco’s baritone voice is husky and low, deadpan in the serious songs, but more playful in the more eccentric affairs. Bianco’s versatility is given free reign early on – his unpredictability hammered home with the snappy, quirky “Elevator Operator”. The oddball lyrics even manage to pay homage to the similarly weird Paul McCartney song, “Contemporary Secretary”, of his McCartney II album. The rest is a mixed affair. There’s a healthy dose of The Stones in “But I Still Want You”, where he sings to a girl with a “slingshot mouth” and “barbed wired heart”. There Bianco shows of his wordplay skills, as in the lines: “You say what you mean / You mean what you say / Baby, why you always got to say mean things to me?”....full text |
| Examiner |
| Jim Bianco probably isn’t a name most Atlantans know unless you’ve been keeping a close eye on the calendar of local venues Eddies Attic and Smith’s Olde Bar or caught him opening for Concrete Blonde at Variety Playhouse last year. If you haven’t had the pleasure of getting familiar with Bianco, now is the time. His latest album Loudmouth was released this week....full text |
| Racketmag |
| Bars across America need a new anthem, and Jim Bianco’s first track off of LOUDMOUTH is the solution. With lyrics about the fun life you led and no matter the outcome, classic rock style drums, and just enough mandolin to bring out the Irish drunk in everyone, “Sinners” is sure to have everyone, sinner or not, singing. Jim Bianco is full of wit, heartbreak, lust, comedy, and fun, but all with a great amount of honesty. “But I Still Want You” tells the truth of something we’ve all been through at one point: being treated like shit by a significant other, but staying regardless. But it’s not just what he sings about, it’s the passion he puts into his music, and if you ever want to argue that point listen to his vocals; there’s so much soul (and so sexy, too!). This album is what I love: stripped down instrumentation with slightly offensive, but truthful, lyrics. The icing on the cake: LOUDMOUTH was completely funded by the fans. Describing how good LOUDMOUTH is is a challenge, so I’ll say this: I made myself a delicious smoothie, which spilled all over my kitchen floor, and the glass cup that it was in broke and cut my leg. ‘Twas a sad day indeed, until I turned this album on. A must have when it releases on April 5th....full text |
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