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MH-259 Head Like A Kite - There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere  There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere, Head Like A Kite’s second full-length album, and first for Mush, is an expert blend of electronic rock production and pure pop-songcraft built on a bed of pillaged found-sound from cities the band visited on their 2006 US tour. No stranger to sharing the stage with big names on national and international turf, ringmaster Dave Einmo has assembled some of Seattle’s finest for the album including members of The Long Winters, Smoosh, Radio 4, Crooked Fingers, and Preston School Of Industry. Whether it be guest vocals from Asya Smoosh and Graig Markel, added inspiration from touring drummer Trent Moorman, or the production of Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine) each track is flavored with the perfect additions to the epic songwriting and big-beat electronic production that is Head Like A Kite’s forte. There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere strikes the balance between art and craft and is the finest sonic road-trip in the Mush catalog. |
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| Possibly the best release out of the Northwest this year - KEXP / A true genre-twisted party album that appropriately captures the sounds of an eclectic America - Urb / The dreamy soundtrack to your imaginary trip into space - The Stranger / Deserves a lot of indie play - Pop Matters / Friskiness is refreshing – AP |
| Following the gorgeous Vignetting the Compost album on Mush, Bibio has quietly released a follow-up EP digitally with the promise of a vinyl release soon (just don't bother asking him when right now). This isn't the forward-thinking hip-hop stuff he's going to be debuting soon on Warp, just more acoustronic folk with carnival undertones. "Oval Emerald Vertigo" is the most gorgeous carnival music I've ever heard, and it's all done without a guitar which is a change for Bibio. The carnival theme runs throughout the EP, as with the title of "The Death Of A Trapeze Artist", where the guitar comes back with, but with a mix so low it almost sounds like it's playing in the background somewhere. "Carosello Ellitico" starts with a music box and transcends into an almost orchestral mix of guitar and more robust strings. "Polycoulraphon" sounds like the music of a carnival ride rapidly decaying from years of neglect. It's nice to hear Bibio carry a theme through this EP, and it's very satisfying listen. Bibio strikes again! - The Music Lobby |
