About Bobsy

The band was formed sometime in the Spring of 1998, has never played a live gig and so far has only recorded 5 or 6 songs. 3 of these were on the demo tape that caught Mike Drive-In's ear, and 2 of the 3 ended up on the single.

So it is quite a fairy-tale story for us (the band) to suddenly find ourselves in such exalted company as Buddha on the Moon, Hydroplane, and more recently, The Lucksmiths, all of whom really are very much more accomplished musically and worshipped by millions (ok, maybe thousands, us included).

Thanks go to Mike and Eric for liking our music and believing in it enough to put it on vinyl, we hope everyone else out there who buys the single likes it too!

News

July 2001

"Drive-In50" is the long awaited compilation from Drive-In, celebrating 50 releases in 5 years. It is a tribute to the Sugargliders, which just happens to be one of Bobsy's all-time favourite bands.

Bobsy is contributing one song to the album, a cover of "What We Had Hoped", which was the B-side to "Letter From A Lifeboat", and we tried to keep as close to the spirit and substance of the original as possible.

Watch out for the release of this wonderful record from Drive-In!

Bobsy also contributed one song to the Sofa fanzine compilation CD. "Find The Lost Years" was one of the earliest songs ever recorded by Bobsy, and almost found its way onto the "End of April" 7", except that 7" singles don't have enough space for 3 songs.

November 2002

The latest release by Bobsy comes in the form of a cover of Blueboy's Chelsea Guitar, which was released on a compilation tape by the Italian cassette-only label Best Kept Secret. The tape is called We Are Not Alone Vol.6, for those who are interested.

"The End Of April"

Released 10th May 1999

"The End Of April" is the debut single from Bobsy. It is released on 7" vinyl only, by the really nice guys Mike from Drive-In and Eric from Moonscreen, both wonderful little Indiepop labels based in the USA.

The B-side is a song called "Letting Go", which was written and recorded in about a tenth of the time it took to do "The End Of April", although it is every bit as good (or bad) as the A-side.

Mike thought it'd be a good idea to release the record at the end of April 1999, making it a real-time pop song. The single will be available soon from Drive-In and I suppose any place else that stocks Drive-In stuff, like Parasol in the US and Boa Melody Bar over in Scotland, failing which copies should be available from us.

Words

The End Of April

Letting Go

Buy the Single

You can get a copy of the single from Drive-In or Parasol if you live in the USA, or direct from the band if you live in Singapore.