Roboctopus “Victory Lapse”
<1> “All Outta Bubblegum” – We begin this 8bit adventure with what sounds like someone jumping up a lot. Then we kick into some dance beats, which are definitely head-bopping worthy. This song title is in fact a reference to Roddy Piper I believe, from the movie “They Live”. Do you think a lot of people chew gum while they’re playing video games? It’s hard to eat while gaming, and chewing gum tricks your body into thinking you’re eating, so I bet they do. Especially the really serious gamers like the ones from that movie “The Wizard”. I like what’s going on at the 2:18 mark.
<2> “The Walls Became the World” – This song appears to have some static in the background of it, but we’re starting up nonetheless. It’s still going strong but sounds more to me like something you’d hear in the background of an old versus arcade game, something like Street Fighter or Fatal Fury. Fatal Fury was a variation of Street Fighter, right? My video game knowledge isn’t completely depleted now is it? The end of the song sounded like we lost.
<3> “Victory Lapse” – Title track. Could this really be the slow ballad? It’s starting off as such. Nevermind, a drum machine just kicked it in. This sounds more like a Japanese pop song than 8bit, but what do I know about Japanese pop, right?
<4> “You Stars at Dawn” – This song begins seamlessly. I like what it has going on in the beginning, though I’m not 8bit enough to accurately describe it. This must be how skateboarders felt before they started naming their tricks. It’s like that scene in “Lords of Dogtown” where the commentators at the first competition they went to are all baffled and don’t know how to call what they’re seeing. “Now he’s doing some sort of slide on the ground”. You know how I am. I also now like what’s happening after the two minute mark.
<5> “Lighter than Air, Briefly” – Another dance number. This is still trying to find that balance between 8bit and Japanese pop, but it’s definitely closer to 8bit.
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