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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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| When I went to Holobody’s facebook page (which you should visit, then up the “like” count), posts praising Julia Holter and Braids immediately caught my eye. I was only thirty seconds into this song when I spotted these, yet I was already in love. Sold! I thought. The track "Riverbed" - folksy with a lo-fi vibe, yet quick-footed and infectious despite its hushed, ethereal tone - is taken from Riverhood, the sibling duo’s first release. It’s scheduled to be released on Mush Records, with the single, three mixes, and a video due in March. I, for one, can hardly wait. There’s so much going on in this one song (was that a trace of hip-hop?), that I find myself salivating a bit at the thought of what the rest of the record must contain. - Nothing Sounds Better |
