Girl/boy electro-pop duo Schmoof
unveil their kitsch meditation
on the real issues plaguing modern relationships.
In a world gone mad, when nothing (least
of all men) can be taken for granted, a
girl about town has only one very momentous
decision to make: Is it going to be the
chocolate, or the boyfriend?
After the release of their debut ‘Bedroom
Disco’ album, Sarah and Lloyd set
about regularly touring the UK with their
ultra-glam live show; a high-style spectacle
involving alarming amounts of leather, PVC,
high heels, ZX Spectrum projections and
strap-on keyboard duels. Schmoof
have built-up a core London following
by regularly headlining their own Warm
Electro club nights, and support
slots with Stereo MCs and
Audio Bullys were played
last year. ‘Bedroom Disco’ received
a great deal of European press and airplay,
and the band subsequently collaborated with
BAFTA award-winning animator Gaelle
Denis on their promo videos.
The new wave pulse of the ‘Chocolate
Boyfriend’ single combines tongue-in-cheek
lyrics with Sarah’s dreamy ice queen
vocal delivery and Lloyd’s insistently
hummable keyboard lines. The release will
feature remixes by Starlet DJs
(who recently reworked the No 1 Meck
single ‘Thunder In My Heart’),
Menlo Park (who produced
a track for a recent Guinness
ad), and Fake ID (who previously
mixed tracks for Arctic Monkeys
and Franz Ferdinand). The
video sees Sarah soaking in a bath of melted
chocolate; a dream scenario for some, perhaps,
but not an experience she wishes to repeat
anytime soon.
So ladies (and gentleman), it’s time
to throw everything else on the back burner,
lock the doors, take the phone off the hook,
demolish a bar of Dairy Milk, and ask yourselves:
Is a chocolate boyfriend what I need?
Schmoof
Revealed
lloyd…
Has blond hair
Has blue eyes
Is from sunny Bognor Regis
Is vegetarian
Surfs. Wherever he is in the world.
Is scruffy when not schmoofing
Has camped in artic Alaska
First stage appearance was punching Johnny
Ball in the stomach
Likes fine chocolate with high cocoa content
Has whiled away evenings programming
animations on a ZX Spectrum for gigs
Once did a temp job stuffing envelopes for
Manolo Blahnik
Once attended Sinead O’Connor’s
birthday party wearing nothing but a fig
leaf
…sarah
Has black hair
Has brown eyes
Is from wet and windy Yorkshire
Likes a bit of meat inside her
Shops. Wherever she is in the world
Is always glam
Hates camping with a passion
First stage appearance was miming dressed
as Sandy from Grease
Likes any chocolate and sweets
Has whiled away evenings working as a hostess
in gentlemens’ clubs and ligging at
gigs
Owns nearly one hundred pairs of shoes…
but no Manolo Blahniks
Once had money put down her top by
Liam Gallagher. Unfortunately, they were
coins
Hate carrying their
analogue synthesizer
collection up stairs in what
was William Orbit’s flightcase
Cycle around London shouting obsenities
to car drivers who
make them even later than they already are
Drive around London in matching Vauxhall
Novas shouting obscenities at cyclists who
make them even later than they
already are
Record music using only vintage synthesizers
sequenced on an
Atart ST from 1985
Write songs with kitchen-sink
drama story lines
Wear tight-fitting pvc outfits because they
are not fat
Like electro-pop!
