Early Press... Although their name is Turkish for "baby," there’s nothing juvenile about the music of Bebek. Continuing to chart the musical terrain mapped by their last EP, 2006’s Open Eyes, the disc’s nine tracks revel in a landscape of passion and euphoria. Amongst the highlights are "8 am," a soaring portrait of apocalypse that also explores the uneasiness of post-9/11 life, the sexy and understated "Dust," (highlighted by Micalopoulos’ fragile vocals) and "Marching Dolls," a guitar and percussion-driven dream of invasion. Perhaps the album’s strongest track, the empowering "I’m Mine" examines the cost of relationships upon our souls." Bedroom Dancing (August, 2007) "The curious tension between lead singer Lynn Michalopoulos’s vocals and the music is unique[ly] intriguing and Bebek milks that sense of horrified curiosity throughout all nine tracks of [their] album.... The tension between her voice and the music is what gives Smile, Broadcast Tattoos some of its appeal.... "Scribble My Sides,"" which begins with an exchange of staccato funk between the drums and the bass and settles into a casual midtempo groove, is more proof that Bebek can work both ends of the spectrum, composing songs that can be elaborate or, like "Dust" or "I’m Mine," satisfyingly simple. "What Comes Next?" layers Michalopoulos’s cheery vocalizing with mandolin, bass, chimes, even accordion, driving the album to a frenzied finale of minor chords and raging guitars." Okay Player (June, 2007) "[Bebek's] keyboards create an addition that most pop-rock outfits don’t have the pleasure of adding, meanwhile the vocals add a sexiness that is also unlike much of their more gothic brethren. Bebek knows how to be sultry and [they] can turn anyone on to their whirling dervish of sex. Catchy hooks round out their new album and breathe in a style that fits this talented group all too well." Smother.net (April, 2007) "Bebek weaves a tangled web of haunting rock that is both versatile and well-crafted." Timeout New York (June, 2007) "Smile, Broadcast Tattoos is eerie, harder, poppier than [the band's] first CD yet still Bebekian." Philadelphia City Paper (June, 2007) Lynn Michalopoulos, still front and center on Bebek's new "Smile, Broadcast Tattoos, coolly vents frustrations amid the band’s warm shades of pop [and] darker rock sounds." Philadelphia Weekly (June, 2007)
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