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Home Is Where You Hang Yourself

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On a fluke I stumbled into a skateboard shop in San Mateo and instantly my ears had the musical equivelent of Divine Enlightment...reminiscent of the spacey Verve or Chemical Brothers tunes combined with the melancholic & haunting sounds of Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star-where are you?) but, with an individualized/personal core. I've since purchased five more to give to friends...nice to see a home-boy make good!This is a solid "Buy".

OK at first you listen to this album and you're like, "Hmmm, pretty good but maybe a little boring." Then you listen to it again, and you're change your mind! "What was I thinking??" Mark Bianchi, who is ALL BY HIMSELF, Her Space Holiday, brings such a unique talent to this recording. How does he do it? Well, he has a knack for knowing how to overlap sounds so that songs remain interesting. The understated guitars sound great with the dreamy, spacey, electronic sounds and the soft vocals. His lyrics tend to be on the emotional and sad side, but they leave you really "into" the music. (the best kind!...that's why Her Space Holiday was the perfect opening band for Bright Eyes.) My favorite track has to be "Sleeping Pills," because it is his most up-beat and catchy song...plus I'm an insomniac so it's my theme song. But his remake of Bright Eyes' "Compare and Contrast" adds a unique flare with it's artsy, floaty instrumentals. Mmmmmm, soooo good. You have to go with this one. Plus, it's TWO discs for the price of one!

This record is a wonderful soundtrack for dimly lit, insomnia-laden late nights with a book. Enough depth to listen intently, but marvelous as dreamy, sweetly melancholy background music as well. A great synthesis of beats and acoustics, rich textures and vivid singer-songwriterly songs. Hurrah for Her Space Holiday.

I have bought a number of records from AIP the label which Marc Bianchi, Her Space Holiday, runs. There is a consistent theme through the music and it that them is quality. You can draw your own refrences but words like soundscapes, ethereal, beautiful, strange melodies, etc are first to mind. Anything from HSH of any of the the other AIP bands is highly reccomended

Not knowing exactly what to expect when I listened to this CD for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised. It is an interesting mix of various sounds and music. The more I listened to it, the more I was able to distinguish from the different layers.

I look forward to future releases by this artist!

..and great music. take what you like about bedhead, american analog set, spiritualized and low...mix in some electronic blurps and samples and here ya have it. i really like it...

...on a cloud above the clouds with Her Space Holiday; you will be entranced with the colors of lush sound textures complimented by a lullaby of vocals and breakbeats. Since the inception of artists fusing electronic and acoustic music, very few albums have propelled the two mediums to produce the genuine mood, harmony, or spirit than the one you will hear on "Home is Where You Hang Yourself".

This album sounds like a Hum CD that was dropped in a bathtub. Watery, soft electronic sounds make a bland background to nearly folk-vocals. Shades of Radiohead and Beck are heard, without the originality. An average recording.

Her Space Holiday's new album, Home is Where You Hang Yourself, left me speechless, depressed and inspired for weeks. This is the kind of album that you need to listen to alone because it demands your full attention. To call it space rock is to do it an injustice. It fits somewhere between Low and Bedhead but more tuneful and lush than either.

At first, I didn't know exactly what to expect, but was pleasantly surprised when I started to listen to this CD. Excellent!