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.

Tracklist 01. The Young Machines 02. Something To Do With My Hands 03. Tech Romance 04. Sleepy California 05. Japanese Gum 06. Meet The Pressure 07. My Girlfriend's Boyfriend 08. The Luxury Of Loneliness 09. Girl Problem 10. From South Carolina

Release Details Release Date: 09/30/2003   Running Time: 44:25   Download/Available/$7.00 1XLP/Available/$10.00 CD/Available/$10.00 Territory: North America License For UK/Europe: Wichita Recordings/V2 - Release Date: 10/20/2003 License For Japan: & Records - Release Date: 01/21/2004

Reviews Summary

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 / Rapturous and bittersweet, The Young Macines is a soothing swoon - Entertainment Weekly / Bianchi has made the album of his life - Logo / Gentle, beautiful and unspeakably sad - NY Times

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30 Music / All Music Guide / Alternative Press / Atomic Life / Austin Chronicle / BBC / BMX / Coyote Music / Delusions of Adequacy / Drowned in Sound / Entertainment Weekly / Erasing Clouds / Grooves / Isthmus / Jointz / Junk Media / Kludge / Leonard's Lair / Logo / Magnet / Mystic / New York Times / Pop Matters / Pulse / Q / Resonance / Skyscraper / Slightly Confusing to a Stranger / Stylus / Three Imaginary Girls / Tucson Weekly / Uncut / Under the Radar / Urb / Virgin Megastore / XLR8R /

It's no surprise that indie-rockers can be a sensitive bunch, but you'd be hard pressed to find a more confessional album released this year than The Young Machines. For his latest Her Space Holiday release, mastermind Marc Bianchi - who recently broke up with longtime girlfriend/collaborator/muse Keely Chanteloup - sounds like he got all the lyrics from his own tearstained diary. Following the album's lighthearted intro, Her Space Holiday's mountain of midtempo, string-filled computer pop is overtaken by an avalanche of over-bearing emotions. When Grandma is dying in "Sleepy California" or a girl Bianchi used to know is defending her infidelity in "Japanese Gum" it's hard to imagine anything more beautifully heartbreaking. - Alternative Press