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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 |
| It must have been refreshing for Marc Bianchi--the San Francisco native behind electro indie pop outfit Her Space Holiday--to let the dust gather on those throbbing beats and bubbly synths during the lengthily titled XOXO, Panda And The New Kid Revival. With his unassuming voice, Bianchi leads an arsenal of acoustic instruments (mandolins, banjos, kazoos, what have you) and sets them to the task of scoring the scenery of swampland tent revivals, dilapidated industrial towns and empty six-pack littered porches. Mixed at Tiny Telephone, San Francisco's much adored all analog studio, XOXO seems to split the difference between the "say-what?" campfire intoxication so endearing on old Modest Mouse records, and the rainy-day indoor play pop of Beulah. The results rest squarely this side of pretentious. - Synthesis |
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