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MH-224 Her Space Holiday - The Young Machines  Change... love... death... infidelity... confession... a break up. Marc Bianchi is nearly surgical in his ability to slice delicate songs of love, loss, hope, despair, and optimism out of one very hard year. His striking new release as Her Space Holiday is The Young Machines, an authentic foray into intelligent dream-pop. The production is everything you have come to expect from Her Space Holiday; intricate string arrangements, analog synth patterns, lush guitar-like drones and tasteful drum programming abound, but it is the songwriting that elevates the album to its elite status. Traditional song structures take unexpected turns throughout, highlighting introspection and vulnerability most often missing in electronic music. The Young Machines is a ten-song encapsulation of a year on the edge and Her Space Holiday's most complete and personal release. |
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| Gentle, beautiful and unspeakably sad - New York Times / Rapturous and bittersweet, The Young Machines is a soothing swoon - Entertainment Weekly / Terrific stuff - Q / A beautiful bittersweet record - Under The Radar / Often on a par with the very best of Elliott Smith - Uncut / The finest Her Space Holiday release - Pulse / Bianchi has made the album of his life - Logo |
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| The good folks at Mush must have been in a sensitive mood when they agree to have Marc Bianchi, aka Her Space Holiday, on their label after some releases on Tigerstyle. Far from the abstract experimental hip-hop Mush is known for, Bianchi's dreamy-pop song structures and tender electro-hop symphonies are a bracing surprise. Bianchi sets the tone immediately with the title track: swelling string glissando punctuated by drum and bass rhythms, colored by splashes of glass-sounding vibes and handclaps. The beats may not get any fancier than here, Bianchi's use of strings and acoustic instruments (piano and guitar) to accompany his vulnerable narratives about love, loss, death, and infidelity are what separate him from the lo-fi indie-rock miserablists turned closeted bedroom IDMers. And while he does use strings ironically on "Tech Romance" for the most part, he uses them wisely to carry the emotional weight of the songs that the plainspoken honesty of his voice can't support. On first listen, it is easy to get caught up in the emotional fragility of the songs, and if you don't pay attention, you'll miss the sly barbs he throws in. - Grooves |
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