Anyone up for a cabaret, well dark cabaret that is

Lurking in the shadows of the music underground is dark cabaret. A wonderful genre of music that has yet to become even remotely popular. This is still fine, because the music is quite enjoyable to listen to. Often, the music is made to have a fun, upbeat tone, while still maintaining dark or sarcastically dark lyrics. There actually are a large amount of these types of bands, but they essentially reside in the underground. Rather than discussing them all, I shall focus on one in particular, and eventually will come back to some other ones later in the blog. The band of choice is Birdeatsbaby.



The band is from the United Kingdom, and right there a little light should go off in your head telling you they are probably good. Well, regardless of whether the light went on or not they are a good band. Without listening to their full debut album, Here She Comes a Tumblin' it is still evident that they are quite talented. Instead of having guitars, they use a violin and cello. These instruments often contribute a dark, hypnotic tone to the music. Surprisingly, every song they write is original, and hard to compare to anything else. Mishkin, the piano player and singer does not have a lack of passion while playing. This translates through there music and her voice.

Often, the lyrics are rather odd, but so is every other dark cabaret artist. Some songs focus more on sexuality, such as "Miserable." Then there are those songs that go where most songs won't go, such as "Jim," where Mishkin starts the song off by asking:

"So do you still
Think of me?
While you’re masturbating slowly over Kiera on TV"

Ah, the best part of the band is that they are from the UK. You may be wondering why that matters. Well I shall tell you why. Their music videos are so absolutely English. In other words, they are subtlely witty and charming. Just watch their latest video for "I Always Hang Myself With the Same Rope," and you will see exactly what I mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2F8ZzjW610

Still, it is worth watching their ultra-low-budget video for "Miserable," just because it shows how much can be done with so little.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zdqh28jPB8&feature=related

Essentially, if you are even remotely interested in entertaining music that is original then this is most definitely the band for you.



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