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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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| Reviews Summary |
| 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 |
| The mellower tracks on Lymbyc Systym's second proper album sound like they were meant to be experienced in the photo on the back of the Arizona brotherly duo's album cover, looking out the window on the freshly fallen snow as haunting post-rock instrumentals seep into your soul. Of course, the drums don't seep or haunt so much as swagger, like a cross between Led Zeppelin's John Bonham and Don Caballero's Damon Che - particularly on the first track, "Trichromatic." But there's a melancholy majesty to most of the songs, recalling Sigur Rós at times (see the gorgeous "Interiors" or richly textured "Bedroom Anthem") as the Bell brothers felsh out layers of keyboards and drums with everything from strings and horns to glockenspiel and banjo. - AP |
