BOBBY ROMANTIC & BLEEDING ALBUM IMPERIAL RELEASE: MAY 28, 2003 REVIEW: AUGUST 15, 2003

Looking only at their use of imagery and elaborated outfits, Bobby uncannily resemble English/French retro band Zoot Woman. Fortunately, Bobby have spent enough time in the studio to make "Romantic & Bleeding" sound good - very good. This package is more kitschy pop music than anything else, but the use of new wave influences and synthpop-like choruses make them scrape the Release realm in an almost ridiculously catchy way.
Their first two singles "Sooner or Later" and "Losing Control" have received extensive rotation on both national Swedish radio and some of the music channels, proving that the electro retro trend is still reasonably vital. But like I have said, this is mostly pop music aimed at the radio, albeit with a hefty new wave complex. Bobby's biggest problem from here on should be picking the next single, as "Romantic & Bleeding" is packed to the brim with melody hooks, emotional singing and sing-along refrains. Definitely not for the Wumpscut fan though, if you know what I mean.

NIKLAS FORSBERG