{"id":25443,"date":"2024-05-31T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/?p=25443"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:44:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T22:44:21","slug":"new-music-revue-peter-bibbys-drama-king-excruciatingly-mediocre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2024\/05\/31\/new-music-revue-peter-bibbys-drama-king-excruciatingly-mediocre\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: Peter Bibby’s Drama King<\/em> excruciatingly mediocre"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Peter Bibby
\nDrama King
\n<\/i>(Spinning Top Records)
\n3\/5<\/p>\n

Drama King<\/i>\u2014the fourth album from Australian indie-rock artist Peter Bibby\u2014is excruciatingly mediocre, as the good songs don\u2019t make up for the bad ones.<\/p>\n

The first four songs on the album are a slow buildup of tension to \u201cBaby Squid,\u201d a track that puts you into the less-than-sober state where Bibby spent much of his adulthood, apart from the last year. The song marks a tonal change in the album\u2014while the first half is drunken, the second half is self reflective, and this song is in between it all, showcasing thoughts and an overall headspace that feel like recovering from a hangover.<\/p>\n

However, while there\u2019s a buildup that promises something, the payoff to the growing tension doesn\u2019t quite live up to what the album is trying to be. While there are a few songs here that sound nice and are worth a listen, it\u2019s just not as emotional as Bibby thinks; Drama King<\/i> is unable to keep me engaged through the length of the album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Peter Bibby Drama King (Spinning Top Records) 3\/5 Drama King\u2014the fourth album from Australian indie-rock artist Peter Bibby\u2014is excruciatingly mediocre, as the good songs don\u2019t make up for the bad ones. The first four songs on the album are a slow buildup of tension to \u201cBaby Squid,\u201d a track that puts you into the less-than-sober […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,310],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-may-8-2024"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t