MIPSO [https://www.mipsomusic.com]
SINCE MAKING THEIR ACCLAIMED DEBUT WITH 2013S DARK HOLLER POP, NORTH
CAROLINA-BRED FOUR-PIECE MIPSO HAVE CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES WITH THEIR
FINELY LAYERED VOCAL HARMONIES, GRACEFUL FLUENCY IN THE TIMELESS
MUSICAL TRADITIONS OF THEIR HOME STATE, AND A NEAR-TELEPATHIC MUSICAL
CONNECTION THAT MAKES THEIR LIVE SHOW ESPECIALLY KINETIC. ON THEIR
SELF-TITLED SIXTH ALBUM AND ROUNDER RECORDS DEBUT, FIDDLE PLAYER LIBBY
RODENBOUGH, MANDOLINIST JACOB SHARP, GUITARIST JOSEPH TERRELL, AND
BASSIST WOOD ROBINSON SHARE THEIR MOST SONICALLY ADVENTUROUS AND
LYRICALLY RICH WORK TO DATE, EACH MOMENT CHARGED WITH THE TENSION
BETWEEN TEXTURAL EFFERVESCENCE AND AN UNDERLYING DESPAIR ABOUT THE
MODERN WORLD.
MAINLY RECORDED AT ECHO MOUNTAIN IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, MIPSO
FINDS THE BAND JOINING FORCES WITH SANDRO PERRI (A MUSICIAN/PRODUCER
KNOWN FOR HIS WORK WITH ACTS LIKE GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS, AS WELL AS HIS
OWN POST-ROCK/EXPERIMENTAL-ELECTRONIC MATERIAL). IN OVERSEEING THE
PRODUCTION PROCESS, PERRI GUIDED MIPSO TOWARD THEIR GOAL OF SHAPING A
SONIC LANDSCAPE THAT WAS EXPANSIVE AND ATMOSPHERIC YET SURPRISINGLY
PERSONAL, EVEN PLAYFUL. TO THAT END, THE BAND DREAMED UP MIPSOS
RESPLENDENT TEXTURES BY STRETCHING THE LIMITS OF THEIR ACOUSTIC
INSTRUMENTS, RATHER THAN EMPLOYING OUTSIDE MUSICIANS TO CREATE NEW
SOUNDS. THE RESULT IS A BODY OF WORK WITH SPACIOUS ARRANGEMENTS THAT
GENTLY ILLUMINATE THE IDIOSYNCRATIC DETAILS AND REFINED MUSICIANSHIP
AT THE HEART OF EVERY SONG.
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