{"product_id":"flora-hibberd-mammoth","title":"Flora Hibberd - Mammoth","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"254\"\u003eThe voice draws you in, calmly at first. But soon we realise something's not right, a volatility churns beneath the surface of \u003cstrong data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"177\"\u003eFlora Hibberd\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003cem data-start=\"180\" data-end=\"189\"\u003eMammoth\u003c\/em\u003e, the second record from the British songwriter in as many years.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"587\"\u003eAn evolution from the lush acoustic warmth of debut album \u003cem data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"321\"\u003eSwirl\u003c\/em\u003e, these are ten songs shot through with the energy of an epoch, gone electric, raging and vital. Things in tumult: Hibberd's voice is the arrow to the heart, refracted through pond water and mirrored back strangely in the voices, the beings that coalesce around her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"589\" data-end=\"839\"\u003eProduced by \u003cstrong data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"613\"\u003eBen Lanz\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem data-start=\"615\" data-end=\"623\"\u003eBeirut\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"625\" data-end=\"639\"\u003eThe National\u003c\/em\u003e), the songs of \u003cem data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"664\"\u003eMammoth\u003c\/em\u003e walk a vertiginous tightrope, stirred by the electronic waves of Lanz's modular synthesizers and buoyed up by the bodily embrace of his magnificently arranged brass sections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"841\" data-end=\"1090\"\u003eHibberd's initial folk leanings have disappeared, making way for a tense, tight sound – the raw and fluid drums of \u003cstrong data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"973\"\u003eLucien Chatin\u003c\/strong\u003e, the frank bass lines of \u003cstrong data-start=\"999\" data-end=\"1016\"\u003eNils Sørensen\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the feverish guitar of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1062\"\u003eVictor Claass\u003c\/strong\u003e, her longtime collaborator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1341\"\u003eFigures emerge from the thicket, offering their own voices: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1152\" data-end=\"1170\"\u003eSufjan Stevens\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem data-start=\"1172\" data-end=\"1180\"\u003e\"Ache\"\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1182\" data-end=\"1200\"\u003e\"Perfect Ripple\"\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cstrong data-start=\"1203\" data-end=\"1219\"\u003eKate Stables\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1223\" data-end=\"1242\"\u003eThis Is The Kit\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1256\"\u003eLonny\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem data-start=\"1258\" data-end=\"1272\"\u003e\"Deltaplane\"\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1274\" data-end=\"1291\"\u003e\"Mythic Figure\"\u003c\/em\u003e), and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1298\" data-end=\"1312\"\u003eJ.E. Sunde\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem data-start=\"1314\" data-end=\"1325\"\u003e\"Shelley\"\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1339\"\u003e\"Dew Pond\"\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1343\" data-end=\"1708\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eCrafted first as demos by Flora, Ben and Victor in Le Vésinet over half a year, the drums, bass and guitar were then recorded live by Ben at \u003cstrong data-start=\"1484\" data-end=\"1501\"\u003eAaron Dessner\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003cstrong data-start=\"1504\" data-end=\"1517\"\u003eMini Pond\u003c\/strong\u003e studio in the Basque Country. Lovingly mixed in Paris by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1575\" data-end=\"1593\"\u003eÉtienne Caylou\u003c\/strong\u003e and mastered with aplomb by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1622\" data-end=\"1630\"\u003eChab\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1632\" data-end=\"1641\"\u003eMammoth\u003c\/em\u003e glistens with a pop sheen without ever tempering its jagged edges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"22TWENTY","offers":[{"title":"140g Transparent Chartreuse Vinyl LP","offer_id":58407134658905,"sku":"SDZ-47944","price":36.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/mockup-1x.png?v=1782494899","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/flora-hibberd-mammoth","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}