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The Bobbleheads
Automatic Fun

Album US 2004 on Pop Pop Records label
Rock and Pop (Power Pop, Alternative Rock, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Pop Rock)

About The Bobbleheads: The Bobbleheads (John Ashfield, guitar, vocals; Phil Bulan, drums; Eugene Koh, bass) have created a niche of niceness in which they rule. They originally hail from various seemingly well to do backgrounds, are well educated and thus, are happily dysfunctional. Now living in San Francisco, CA, John, Phil, and Eugene's origins are geographically-different-but-the-same-wherever-you-go suburbia with malls, chain stores and endless parking. Their musical influences, however, range from Flower Power Pop to Experimental Chamber Music. They play a standard guitar-drums-bass combo, but their unique style makes it difficult to pinpoint exactly what records are in their record collection. They are outcasts from outcasts, not being accepted by people who subscribe to the current definitions of hip, cool, indie, or alternative, although their music is much more along those lines. They are happy music geeks, pushing to make the perfect 2-minute song, not being burdened by mundane problems and having fun along the way. According to The Bobbleheads, the world isn't such a bad place after all. About Automatic Fun (PopPop0401): These 14 optimistic, guitar-driven songs make you dance, smile, and tap your toes, whether you want to or not. The songs reflect a musical maturity that does not display teen angst or the flailings of day-to-day life. They are unconcerned with whining about high school experiences or being some sort of therapy for the band. They are catchy and intelligent without being disposable or pretentious. Listening to Automatic Fun is like getting hit by cotton candy with a butterscotch Altoids core. Your mom will like these songs, you will like these songs, but you probably wont admit it.

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	The Bobbleheads , album by
	John Ashfield voc, g, songwriter

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