Bobby Zodiac and The Clairvoyants
Release Date: 04 July 2025
Label: Gare Du Nord
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 619091684473
Genres: Rock Alternative
Description
Shiny pop with an existential/scientific underbelly - spoken word crypto-fantasy meets smooth glamour, Bobby Zodiac and The Clairvoyants have created their own world, populated by grinning puppets and men in gold jackets, of rusting mirror balls and vomit-drenched fairgrounds, where everyone is welcome.
They serve the kind of heart-stopping thrills you get from Sparks, with the sneer of Sleaford Mods or Baxter Dury, and channel the street-soiled mysticism of Lawrence.
Bobby Zodiac and Jimmy Clairvoyant's self-titled debut album was recorded in living rooms during 2024. Contrary and contradictory, Bobby and Jimmy pick and choose from their favourite genres - punk, prog, disco and pop - probing to find the sweet spot between the serious and absurd, swirling the waters of amateur and auteur.
Based in London, Bobby Zodiac and the Clairvoyants sing about being abducted by aliens, 1980s video nasties and Jean-Paul Sartre. It's all done with relentless optimism and a retro-futuristic energy, held together with string.
Each song is a sugar rush of twinkling synths, disco pedal steel guitar and wide-eyed, semi-spoken vocals. Every track could be a hit parade topper if there was still such a thing as a hit parade, but at the heart of all the band's tunes, there is deep intent. Untrammelled emotion and sincerity. Tattered hearts. Charity shop soul.
And, of course, Bobby Zodiac and the Clairvoyants have their own theme song.
Tracklisting
Ben Reed
Bobby Zodiac and The Clairvoyants
Michael Warren
Willie Gibson
Papernut Cambridge
Andrew Rumsey
Richard Davies & The Dissendents
Extradition Order
The Fall
Reverend And The Makers
Neko Case
Self Defense Family
Blondie
Tom Odell
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
The Beths
