{"id":4628,"date":"2016-04-14T12:16:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T16:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=4628"},"modified":"2016-04-28T13:32:49","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T17:32:49","slug":"bibio-a-mineral-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/bibio-a-mineral-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Bibio <br>A Mineral Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bibio-a_mineral_love.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4629\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bibio-a_mineral_love.jpg\" alt=\"Bibio, A Mineral Love\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bibio-a_mineral_love.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bibio-a_mineral_love-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Even if you didn\u2019t like Bibio&#8217;s previous work, which had all the gestures and rituals of a DJ trying to build a human being out of the sounds in his head, you might want to give his new release, <i>A Mineral Love<\/i> (Warp Records), a chance. It&#8217;s clearly a turning point in Bibio&#8217;s catalog, an effort to expand his technique and transform his sound into something that more closely resembles pop music. There are still plenty of loops, pads, and borrowed breaks, but there are also choruses, riffs, and a loosely spontaneous feeling throughout. Strangely, though, he manages to capture neither the curious rhythms of his previous work, nor the compelling hooks that would make for radio-friendly singles.<\/p>\n<p>Like many of his contemporaries, Bibio is firmly indebted to a collection of artists who left the spotlight just as he left adolescence. \u201cAdult contemporary\u201d is the dreaded term that most readily comes to mind when taking in songs like the title track, \u201cWhy So Serious?\u201d and \u201cTown &amp; Country.\u201d That&#8217;s harsh language, but what else is there to say about a record that feels like Michael McDonald minus the funk? Emotions are kept to a consistently modest level, the drums are turned way down in the mix, and Gotye\u2019s guest spot is more than a little reminiscent of Air Supply. Wax Stag gives a little help to \u201cGasoline &amp; Mirrors;\u201d with its hand claps and wah-wah synth solo, it would feel at home on an Andy Gibb solo album if only it had a little more soul. And if none of that piques your interest, fear not, he\u2019s got a few chillwave tracks as well! It all adds up to a pretty repellent album. 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