| Hotel Valentine | ||||
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| Released | February 14, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2011–2013 | |||
| Genre | Shibuya-kei, trip hop, indie pop | |||
| Length | 37:01 | |||
| Label | Chimera Music | |||
| Producer | Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda | |||
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Hotel Valentine is the third and final album by New York City-based band Cibo Matto. It was released through Sean Lennon's label Chimera Music on Valentine's Day (February 14), 2014.[1]
The album was produced by band members Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda over the course of two years. The project was initially announced in 2012 but was delayed. The official press release touts it as a concept album "with a love story and ghosts in a hotel".[1]
The announcement of its release date was accompanied by the full upload of the video for "MFN", which had previously been released as a 14-second teaser. The video is directed by Georgia and features Reggie Watts.[1] Consequence of Sound described the track as one "that bounds manically between bass-heavy trip-hop, lush pop interludes, lo-fi funk, [and] shimmery synth-pop",[2] further naming its video as a "hyperactive collage of imagery".[2] Spin called the video "a wonderfully colorful sensory overload that is perfectly matched to the wild and swaggering song".[3]
The music video for "Deja Vu" was released on September 18, 2014, in collaboration with director Jean Claude Billmaier. Pitchfork identified the video as "a colorful, datamosh-y new video",[4] and Spin characterizing it as "stylish bubblegum pop-meets-digital-disaster (intentional)."[5]
As well as Watts, the album features appearances from Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, drummer Glenn Kotche, and percussionist Mauro Refosco from the supergroup Atoms for Peace.[2] The band toured North America in February and March 2014 to support the album.[2] Pre-orders for the album came with a handwritten Valentine's Day card from Hatori and Honda.[3]
- ^ a b c Minsker, Evan (11 December 2013). "Cibo Matto Announce Hotel Valentine, First Album in 15 Years, Share "MFN" Video". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Coplan, Chris (11 December 2013). "Cibo Matto announces first album in 15 years, Hotel Valentine, streams "MFN"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
- ^ a b Martins, Chris. "Cibo Matto Return With Wild New 'MFN' Video, Album News". Spin. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
- ^ Corban, Goble (September 24, 2014). "Cibo Matto Share Video for "Deja Vu"". Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ^ Stuts, Colin (September 24, 2014). "Cibo Matto Digitize the Streets of New York in Their Deja Vu Video". Retrieved September 28, 2014.