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MH-260 Her Space Holiday - XOXO, Panda And The New Kid Revival  Putting some space between himself and the computer that has provided the basis for so much of his recent work, Marc Bianchi has taken the last two years to focus on what got him into music in the first place, writing connective songs and working out the layers of sound he hears in his head. The results are a new persona, XOXO, Panda, and the reinforcement of the feelings of personal and artistic freedom that drive his music. Loose and carefree arrangements of guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, shakers, glockenspiel, and drums lay the foundation for vocal storytelling sing-a-longs. XOXO, Panda And The New Kid Revival is a brilliant calling card for Her Space Holiday’s newly awakened alter-ego, and a watershed moment in his growth as a songwriter and performer. |
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| Guitar pop songs that are as charming as they are simple - Rolling Stone / The fact that he can switch up styles so frequently and make solid records says something special about Bianchi - Pop Matters / His melodies have that wonderful undefinable quality that makes you want to hear them over and over again... Killer indie pop cuts - Babysue |
| Like Casiotone for the Painfully Alone or Say Hi, Her Space Holiday perfects the delicate balance of deadpan bittersweetness. Over the past decade, Marc Bianchi, the primary force behind the San Mateo, California-based project, has crafted lo-fi electronic odes that meld the Notwist's indie beats with Bright Eyes' hopeless romanticism. It was Bianchi's three year-stint in Texas, however, that produced his best work, the heartbroken IDM missives of 2003's exceptional The Young Machines (Mush). Yet after 2005's The Past Presents the Future (Wichita), Bianchi seemed to fade into the fragments of his own disillusion, emerging only intermittently behind various new monikers like XOXO Panda and elaborate collaborations like his stunning illustrated book The Telescopewith Japanese artist PCP. It's not surprising, then, that when Her Space Holiday returned earlier this year announcing the September release of a new album, XOXO Panda and the New Kid Revival, Bianchi had abandoned his trademark bedroom beats. Now performing as a full band, Her Space Holiday maintains Bianchi's familiar caustic playfulness, but lilting under an exuberant garage-pop flair. - Houston Press |
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