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MH-263 Bibio - Vignetting The Compost  Seamlessly amalgamating nature and electronics, Vignetting The Compost, the third full-length release from Bibio, channels instruments and vocals from a bygone era through a futuristic digital portal. History may credit Edison with the phonograph but, in truth, the first such device mysteriously washed up on the shores of England in 1876… playing Bibio. Vignetting The Compost is at once timeless and innovative; 60s-esque folk guitar and mechanic manipulations of sounds whose instruments of origin are less important than the feelings they evoke, layer upon each other with ease and intricacy. Just when you expect to hear Nico’s moan escaping your stereo, Bibio himself comes through with a voice that could have sung next to her on “These Days.” Truly, this is an album for the ages. |
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| Some of Bibio's most varied and immediate work - All Music Guide / A beautiful, crackling bricolage of vintage sounds - Evil Monito / Bibio’s best record - PopMatters / Quite perfect - Losing Today / Bibio should have no problem calling his greatest - Urb / Beautiful, expressive pools of sound - The Agit Reader |
| Her Space Holiday champions a self-coined new kid revival, a cause referenced everywhere from the album title to the salutation preceding obligatory thank yous within the liner notes. Hand-clapping album opener "The New Kid Revival" and rollicking closer "One For My Soul (Good Night)" promote the concept and are essentially one song bookending 12 additional tracks. Both feature the same catchy refrain, critical for lending legitimacy to any movement: "It doesn’t matter if we’re making them money/ It doesn’t matter if we’re making their list/ All that matters is we keep dancing to the beat of our homemade hits." - Flagpole |
