Review Revue: The Bambi Slam - The Bambi Slam

Welcome to Review Revue, where every Thursday I dig through the KEXP stacks to share DJ reviews and comments written on the covers of LPs (and occasionally CDs) in the ’80s and ’90s, when the station was called KCMU, the DJs were volunteers, and people shared their opinions on little white labels instead of the internet.

The Bambi Slam, like so many of the artists covered in this series, is an unheralded and nearly-forgotten group — or, actually, one-person group — that we should all be listening to, from what I'm reading below and other descriptions of them (him) I've found. Shoegazey rock with sax and cello? That might be your personal nightmare, but I am 100% in. (On a personal note, the only band I was ever kicked out of was a rock band I played sax in, so I'm always pleased to see successful examples of sax in rock.)

If you want to know more about The Bambi Slam's origins and influence, dig deep into this stellar blog post and interview from 2009 (ain't the internet just magical sometimes?). If you want to know what KCMU's DJs thought of this record, read on!