Stream the debut album from Omega Male

Described as “laptop sex music played by two white dudes”, the latest signing to Full Time Hobby are Omega Male, the new musical vehicle comprising David Best of Fujiya & Miyagi and Sammy from Project Jenny Project Jan. The self-titled debut drops this coming Monday (12 November) but we’ve got an exclusive pre-release stream to tickle your ear lobes. The duo also give a brief track-by-track guide to the record below.

Omega Male
We took our name from this song rather than the other way around. I like the farfisa in it and overall it reminds me a bit of a disco not disco feel. The words describe the attributes of a typical omega male, who feel it’s safer to not attempt tasks for fear of failure.

Testosterone
My favourite part of this song is the sound of a bowling ball hitting the skittles toward the end. The rhythm has quite a Bollywood thing going on. When we wrote it we had a dance that went along with it, which was a digging motion manoeuvre. You’d dig, crouch down, then throw whatever imaginary thing that was on the spade over your head. Then do it again. I always picture the dance when I listen to the song.

Uh-pol-uh-jet-ik
This song is one of the passive aggressive ones. It’s a bit whiny. It was one of the very first songs we wrote together. I think the first two were this and ‘no’, which is another moan-up. I like how the title looks with the syllables split up.

You Bore Me To Tears
This started off just with the piano. I wanted us to write a slow soul ballad type song. I think it turned out more like a cross between early Dexys midnight runners and Serge Gainsbourg, which is obviously no bad thing. The brass was arranged by sammy and played by Ed and Eric.
It might be my favourite on the record.

Wax and Glue
Lyrically this song is about making a voodoo doll of someone you dislike then sticking pins in it.

Blue Narcissus
This reminds me of a chain gang song.
It’s about people who strategically voted for the liberal democrats in the last general election to make sure the conservatives didn’t get in. Obviously this backfired when the liberal democrats and Tories joined forces.

No
This song is really negative. Its another passive aggressive number.
Musically it has a slight rnb feel to it.

Rotten Fruit
This has a bassline done on a 101 which I like a lot. I was pleased that I rhymed Baudelaire with yeah. There are some nice idioms going on too.This is one of the ones where the backing vocals were influenced by christo redentor, which I mentioned earlier.

X
This is probably the most unhinged song in the record. The backing vocals sound like rabid banshees. I wanted to write some words about the game hangman, with constructing the gallows and guessing letters and so forth. It has a bit of a Steve Reich middle section where it sounds like I’m saying eggs eggs eggs eggs eggs.
It has synth guitar on it towards the end of the song.

Buildings Like Symphonies
Sammy came up with the arpeggio which runs through the whole song. Lyrically it’s about all the things you could have accomplished if you just tried. It’s kind of nostalgic but could also be construed as being positive about the future. It’s the opposite of songs like no or uh-pol-uh-jet-ik, and I think it’s a good, optimistic way to finish the record.

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Omega Male live dates:

November
13 – London, White Heat @ Madame Jojo’s (Album Launch)
16 – Manchester Soup Kitchen w/ Plank! and K-X-P
17 – Bristol, Start The Bus
20 – Brighton, Blind Tiger Club