Hibou
- Eve (Intro)
- Clarity
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- Inside Illumination
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- Your Echo (To Remember)
- An Hour Of Vision
- Following Divide
- Silver
- As Always
- Pure
- Flood
Amidst an atmosphere of melancholia, Peter Michel has thrown himself into a lifetime's worth of writing, recording and touring belied by his young age. At just 17, the Seattle-based musician toured extensively with dream pop outfit Craft Spells, and most recently met critical acclaim with his personal project, Hibou. In Halve, Hibou's third full length album, Michel creates a characteristically ethereal record addressing the dichotomies between childhood and adulthood, self and society, authenticity and superficiality. The outcome is a work filled with swooning, hazy reflections on loss, love, nostalgia, and joy from a 10,000 foot view. Michel's vocals comfortably twist from echoing whispers to punkish accusations; his guitar from dizzying surf hooks to lush 80s-inspired chords. Control – and the lack of it – reverberates throughout the album, and the consequence is a set of ten deeply vulnerable songs that will find you romanticizing your own childhood, your own teenage years, your own morning.
['Inside Illumination'] is as deeply textured as it is deeply personal... [it] doesn't sound minimal or stripped for parts; the simply melodic synths beam and meld seamlessly with the effortlessly brightly melancholy guitar line.
KEXP
