Her Space Holiday 1996-2011, Final Album Set for 8/16 Release First Single "Black Cat Balloons" Available For Preview
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For Marc Bianchi , 1996 will always represent the year he started recording under the moniker Her Space Holiday. In the future, he will look back on 2011 as the year he quietly laid his project to rest, with the release of his final album Her Space Holiday on August 16th, 2011. The bubbling, elated first single, "Black Cat Balloons," is streaming now on the official Her Space Holiday site.
From the early droney days of Audio Astronomy and The Astronauts Are Sleeping Volumes 1-2 , to the acclaimed orchestral pop electronics of Manic Expressive, The Young Machines and The Past Presents the Future, to the stripped down organic clap along jangle of XOXO, Panda and the New Kid Revival, the aural, and thematic aesthetics were constantly evolving, but the heart of the songwriting remained the constant. Rather than choosing one specific musical direction to build from, Marc has created a record that encompasses all of the varied sonic themes that have spanned across his entire catalog--a true snapshot of the Her Space Holiday journey.
The cast of special guests includes drummer Eyad Kaileh (ex-Indian Summer), Nick Moulos (Attack Formation), Stevie Blacke, John Carlucci (Ugly Ghost), Matthew Shaw (City Light) on guitars & vocals, and 4 Bonjour’s Parties (Mush Records). Guest vocal appearances include Dave Wingo (Ola Podrida), Caroline Lufkin (Caroline/Mice Parade), Tania Bowers (Via Tania), Ann Yu (Love Like Fire/Silver Swans), Tracy Uba (Sugao), Ben Webster and Maricela Mayo (Butcher Bear and Charlie), Nick Andre (City Light), and Phoebe Ceresia (Cling). The record was co-produced by Stephen Ceresia at sundayhouse studio in Bastrop, TX.
Over the past fifteen years, Marc has created several critically acclaimed albums and has toured with such artists as Bright Eyes, The Go Team, The Faint, Pinback, Bob Mould, Daedelus, Yukihiro Takahashi, and the American Analog Set. Additionally, he's remixed artists such as R.E.M., Elastica, Kool Keith, Xiu Xiu, Boom Bip, and many others, and has been remixed by the likes of Matmos, Dntel, Stereolab, Super Furry Animals, just to name a few. Most recently, Marc co-produced and played drums on Hanni El Khatib’s debut album Will the Guns Come Out. Although he's worked with some great indie labels over the years (Mush Records, Wichita Recordings, Tiger Style, Pop Frenzy, etc.), Marc is letting this final album rest solely on his own shoulders, self-releasing and self-funding the project on his own label No More Good Ideas.
If you listen to the entire Her Space Holiday catalog in chronological order, there's a distinct progression not only in songwriting, but in personal perspective as well. There have been moments of optimism, delusions of grandeur, greatness, failure, self-indulgence, bitterness, humor, finger-pointing, compassion, stupidity, wisdom, joy, and loss. But for better or worse, each moment was part of the experience. And with Her Space Holiday, Marc has distinctly wrapped up one life chapter, while simultaneously and optimistically venturing onto the next.
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