Habibi

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Co-founded by Detroit natives Rahill Jamalifard (lead vocals, synth) and Lenaya Lynch (guitar, synth, backup vocals), Habibi got its start in Brooklyn in 2011, turning heads immediately with their blistering blend of eras and cultures. The group’s 2014 self-titled debut was a critical smash, praised by The New Yorker for infusing “the Colgate-white glisten of sixties-girl-group pop with an uncensored edge” and prompting NME to hail them as “one of New York’s most exciting bands.” Pitchfork raved that their 2018 follow-up EP, Cardamom Garden, “shed rigid definitions of what constitutes American music” with its mix of psych-rock and Iranian folklore (complete with lyrics sung in Farsi), and NPR’s All Things Considered profiled the band around the release of their sophomore full-length, 2020’s Anywhere But Here, which explored darker, more portentous sonic territory.

Dreamachine, Habibi’s mesmerizing new record released in May 2024 on Kill Rock Stars, is a a genre-bending swirl of analog and digital elements that rises beyond the critically acclaimed five-piece’s garage rock roots to arrive at a singular, spellbinding sound they’ve been chasing for more than a decade. Produced by Tyler Love and longtime collaborator Jay Heiselmann and featuring MGMT multi-instrumentalist James Richardson, the collection draws on a mix of post-punk, experimental pop, and vintage disco, calling to mind everything from Tom Verlaine and Diana Ross to Kate Bush and Kim Deal, all filtered through the band’s shared love of Middle Eastern psych music. The songs here are their own distinct worlds, each an immersive quest in pursuit of something greater, and the band’s performances are relentless and hypnotic to match, driven by lush synthesizers, sinewy guitars, and a muscular rhythm section. The result is a record as fearless as it is enthralling, an alternatingly fierce and joyous work that ascends to new heights as it reckons with desire and escape, love and surrender, rebellion and reality.

Habibi are live:
Rahill Jamalifard (lead vocals, synth)
Lenaya Lynch (guitar, synth, backup vocals)
Ana Becker (guitar)
Yukri Morishima (bass)
Lyla Vander (drums)

Preisinformation:

20€ + Gebühren im VVK