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MH-282 Holobody - Riverhood  Riverhood is the first release from Holobody, the sibling duo of Felix Green and Sea Oleena, two talented artists in their own right who’ve together crafted a masterpiece from elements of gospel, hip-hop, and electronically-propelled folk. Album opener “Unfold” is a sentimental soliloquy, and its seamless juxtaposition first into the playfully rapped “Hurricane Season” and then into the instrumental "Stomp Coda" sets the tone for the genre-hopping on the rest of Riverhood. Brother and sister trade vocal duties throughout the album. "Riverbed" is a beautiful hymn of death and rebirth with a chorus washed in reverb. Sounds seem to merge and collapse, until the listener paddles into the void and disappears. Other highlights are the hypnotically spiraling “Prelude” and the psychedelic closer “Acid Rain” with each song taking the album in a new and usually unexpected direction. Perhaps the most striking moment is the duo’s take on the traditional hymn “Down to the River and Pray,” which begins with reverent beauty before taking a sideways turn into percussive celebration and ambient experimentation. All of these pieces are drawn together on Riverhood into a whole that is lush, vibrant, and extraordinarily inviting. |
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| Holobody’s Riverhood is going to fit perfectly, right between your M83 and Tennis albums. - Potholes In My Blog / Highly recommended. - Paper / Listen if you like: Her Space Holiday, Stereolab, Atlas Sound, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Suicide, Mazzy Star, The Flaming Lips, Toro Y Moi, Beach House, Radiohead, The Stone Roses. - Eastern Surf |
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| You may remember the magnificent naval gazing project titled Sea Oleena I posted about a couple weeks ago. Holobody is the personal project of that same producer, Felix Green, and features the vocals of Sea Oleena (who happens to be his sister!). The Holobody sound is completely apart though. Whereas Sea Oleena is full of ethereal vocal focused compositions, Holobody is extremely light spirited sounding at times like a new take on Paul Simon, imbued with a knick knack paddiwack playground chant. A glowing nostalgia emanates from the samples and the profligate hand claps and piano tinkerings. “Riverbed” takes a turn for the same floating vibrations of Sea Oleena but compare the speed and energy injected into this song—it is humming with a tamed recklessness. Listening to these two projects side by side is a joy in that it completes a vision of one producer, Felix Green, from both sides of the same coin. Compare and enjoy! - Argue Job |
