{"id":26760,"date":"2025-08-04T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26760"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:10:37","slug":"jim-bob-automatic-stick-cherry-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26760","title":{"rendered":"Jim Bob – ‘Automatic’ \/ ‘Stick’ (Cherry Red)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wow, can 2025 actually get any better – Well a new album from the great Jim Bob of Carter Unstoppable Sex Machine fame – is always something to cherish but up comes not only one new album but TWO brand new long players from undoubtedly the UK\u2019s most underrated singer songwriter. With the release of Automatic and Stick, we are in indebted to Jim and his wonderful record company Cherry Red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always Jim Bob has been on somewhat of a golden era and the release of these two albums, his 13th + 14th respectively, show that if anything Mr Bob is riding the wave of a creative peak that shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon. First up is the bold yet mellow Automatic, which is followed up by the rockier Stick but no doubt about it – this isn\u2019t a double album but two great albums both with 11 songs that deserve their time in the spotlight!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Either way \u2018Automatic\u2019 gets straight to the point with the opener and first single \u2018Victoria Knits The Wars\u2019 and doesn\u2019t let up for a moment. All the ways to the last notes of \u2018Our Forever Home\u2019. Jim Bob takes us on a roller coaster ride of what it is to be living in 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing that I have always admired about James Robert Morrison (AKA Jim Bob) is his ability to turn even the most mundane story about the banality of living in the UK into a glorious pop\/rock song that speaks to everyone and gives the listener a musical way into someone else\u2019s life, yet most people will know someone like this, especially no more so in \u2018Frank\u2019s Bought A Drone\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This happens again on the track \u2018Baby On Board\u2019 which regales us about an everyday tale about a day which features a commute and a fight and even Google Maps along with so much more, that you can not believe it hadn\u2019t been sung about before.<\/p>\n\n\n

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However, with the Stick album, Jim Bob has given us a short sharp shock album that is brilliant and even though it features Jim Bob singing about even more everyday routines it\u2019s the glorious ability he has to relate to pulse of the nation – for in \u2018I Go To The Park\u2019 he has written about easily most of the population and their need to just go for a walk and clear their head. Yet in doing so – it comes in the form of a pop-tastic song that will no doubt be a future earworm that you will be more than happy stuck with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the more surprising songs on \u2018Stick\u2019 is \u2018Lovers Rock\u2019, which is a perfect example of the genius that is Jim Bob, which is a love story all wrapped up in a snarling punk rock serenade. Power Punk Pop perfection all in just a shade over 4 minutes! And we haven\u2019t even mentioned the single from the album yet – which in \u2018Every Day\u2019s A Discotheque\u2019 highlights the brilliance of Jim Bob in just shy of 3 minutes! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using an adage that has been utilised to death but in this case nothing truer can be said – these two albums are all killer and no filler which in 22 songs is practically unheard of. Just do yourself a favour and buy\/pre-order these albums before they are released next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author: Dave Prince<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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